Religious foundations of Islamic calligraphy

Yahya Mohammadi

Islamic calligraphy is the noblest and most important Islamic art and one of the most significant visual aspects of Islamic civilization. Influential presence of this art in all aspects of Islamic culture and the Islamic world is understandable. The eppearance of this art, its development and evolution in its different aspects is completly relevant to the eppearance of Islam and its teachings. This art from ontological aspect is associated with the divine speech and written existence of the holy quran. And it is the only Islamic art that is confirmed by many traditions. All of these facts are completely reflected in the spiritual customs of Islamic calligraphers.

Type: MA Thesis
Subject(s): Philosophy of Art
Keywords: Islamic Art, Islamic Calligraphy, Islamic scripts, Writing, writing of Quran
Language: Farsi
Faculty: Faculty of World Religions
Date: 2013
Publisher: URD Press
Supervisor(s): Seyyed Razi Moosavi Gilani
Advisor(s): Seyyed Hojjat Kashfi
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