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    Islamic calligraphy / Sheila S. Blair.

    By: Blair, SheilaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008Description: xxxvii, 681 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780748635405; 0748635408Subject(s): Islamic calligraphy | Islamic calligraphy | Kalligraphie | Islam | Arabische SchriftDDC classification: 745.61091767 LOC classification: NK3636.5.A2 | B53 2008
    Contents:
    pt. I. Introduction. Arabic script : its role and principles -- Materials -- pt. II. The development of Arabic script in early Islamic times. The standardization of Arabic script -- Early manuscripts of the Koran -- pt. III. The pre-eminence of round scripts in the early middle period. The adoption of round scripts -- the proliferation of round scripts -- pt. IV. The emergence of regional styles in the later middle period. Calligraphy in Iran and its environs under the Mongols and Turkomans -- Rectilinear and curvilinear scripts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks -- Other styles and centers -- pt. V. Dynastic styles in the age of empires. The Safavids, the Qajars, and their contemporaries in Iran and Central Asia -- The Ottomans in Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Other styles and centers -- pt. VI. The many faces of Islamic calligraphy in modern times -- From traditional styles to graphic design and calligraphic art.
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    Originally published: 2006.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    pt. I. Introduction. Arabic script : its role and principles -- Materials -- pt. II. The development of Arabic script in early Islamic times. The standardization of Arabic script -- Early manuscripts of the Koran -- pt. III. The pre-eminence of round scripts in the early middle period. The adoption of round scripts -- the proliferation of round scripts -- pt. IV. The emergence of regional styles in the later middle period. Calligraphy in Iran and its environs under the Mongols and Turkomans -- Rectilinear and curvilinear scripts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks -- Other styles and centers -- pt. V. Dynastic styles in the age of empires. The Safavids, the Qajars, and their contemporaries in Iran and Central Asia -- The Ottomans in Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Other styles and centers -- pt. VI. The many faces of Islamic calligraphy in modern times -- From traditional styles to graphic design and calligraphic art.

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