Italians invented calligraphy writing. But the word calligraphy comes from the greek words kallos which means "beauty" and the word graphein which means " to write". The writing was copied kinda by the Chinese.
-graph-, which means picture. Since calligraphy tends to look like a picture and is beautiful, "graph" is the root word. The prefix is calli.
Geography for apex learning.
It is Greek for 'draw'.
technically, your question. perhaps a sentence like "In china, people use calligraphy instead of a written alphabet
There are four syllables: cal-lig-ra-phy.
There are four syllables. Cal-lig-ra-phy.
No it isn't. An example of artwork based on the written word would be calligraphy.
On the first Tuesday of each month, we learn how to write with calligraphy quills. *Fact: Calligraphy does not use pens- they use quills and you need to use nibs to write and a bottle of ink. A good book with a little information about how to fill up and use a calligraphy quill is in the book "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg. Great book too!!! :)*
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'Shodo' is the Japanese word for calligraphy. Search up it's history on 'Wikipedia'!
calligraphy < καλλιγραφία < κάλλος (=beauty) + γράφειν (=to write)