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Arbic calligraphy is the art of writing arabic script. The element is based on the twenty-eight letters of the arabic alphabet. Every letter has an isolated from and/or different joining forms which allow the letter to join to its neighbors from right to left (initial, medial and final from). Dots are used to characterize letters that share a basic form.
Arabic calligraphy is cursive making it viable to support different geometric shapes anad compositions. Letters are interrelated aesthetically, allowing each one to be treated as an image conveying harmony and beauty according to specific artistic rules.
The element has developed alongside the development of arabic writing from the first centuries of Islam. This duality was sensitive, and calligraphy appeared as the islamic art par excellence.
Lire la présentation de l’UNESCO https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/arabic-calligraphy-knowledge-skills-and-practices-01718?RL=01718
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