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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is the slowest visual art and the most patient. A single Chinese character can take a master sixty years to master. A single Quranic verse can...

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Calligraphy is the slowest visual art and the most patient. A single Chinese character can take a master sixty years to master. A single Quranic verse can take a year to compose. Key sections include: Calli graphy.; Opening The hand and the mark.; Chapter I Before calligraphy.; Chapter II The five scripts.; Chapter III The Sage of Calligraphy.; Chapter IV The Tang.; Chapter V Song through Qing.; Chapter VI East Asian variants.; Chapter VII Arabic calligraphy.; Chapter VIII Kufic..

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  1. 01Calli graphy.
  2. 02Opening The hand and the mark.
  3. 03Chapter I Before calligraphy.
  4. 04Chapter II The five scripts.
  5. 05Chapter III The Sage of Calligraphy.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Tang.
  7. 07Chapter V Song through Qing.
  8. 08Chapter VI East Asian variants.
  9. 09Chapter VII Arabic calligraphy.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Kufic.
  11. 11Chapter IX Naskh and Thuluth.
  12. 12Chapter X Nastaʿlīq.
  13. 13Chapter XI Ottoman scripts.
  14. 14Chapter XII The 20th-century revival.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Roman square capitals.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Carolingian minuscule.
  17. 17Chapter XV Blackletter.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Italian humanist hands.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Copperplate and the pointed pen.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII The 20th-century revival.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Calligraphy meets type-design.
  22. 22Chapter XX Tools.
  23. 23Chapter XXI What calligraphy is.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The 20th-century crisis.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The screen.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Twenty-five works.
  27. 27Chapter XXV Watch & read.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI If you want to begin.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The case for slowness.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII Collections to visit.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX The argument.
  32. 32The end of the deck.
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