In Islam, any form of art that depicts a living creature such as a person or animal, by painting, drawing, sculpute, etc. is forbidden. So instead of having these things displayed in the home, muslims make beautiful calligraphic drawings of verses of the Quran to display. The nature of the Arabic alphabet also is very condusive to calligraphy and they take pride in making it look beautiful, especially when writing Quranic verses.
they don't believe in drawing the human form so this is their major expression of art and it can also be a religious one.
Calligraphy is used to decorate the walls of Muslim mosques.
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Islam prohibits the use of the pictures of living beings. So, the Muslim artists use geometrical and vegecal patterns.
It is made of art and decorative writing :) -Cathy Kwon-
Islamic calligraphy is a beautiful work of writing that uses the Arabic text as the basis of a written text, therefore, Islamic calligraphy is often called by the Arabic calligraphy. Islamic calligraphy is an art expression implementation Muslim artists from around the world to express their love to God.
They created art without showing humans and animals by turning calligraphy into an art form.
Monks did calligraphy because when they wrote the bible paper was to expensive to write big so they created a smaller and narrower way to write and say paper.
Muslim scholars made cultural achievements during the golden age under the Abbasid Dynasty. These included calligraphy, architecture, literature, and philosophy.
Much decoration in Muslim temples involves calligraphy.
Yes. Even though most people say it was made by Greeks, they try to hide the truth so, it was made by the Muslim.
Calligraphy was so respected by Muslims because they used it to write the Qur'an. The Qur'an told of the prophet Muhammad, his Night Journey, verses, and messages from the angel Gabriel. The Muslims felt that only beautiful writing like calligraphy was suited to record the words of Allah (God). Because of this calligraphers were the most highly respected people in the Muslim world.
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