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Calligraphy (from
Ancient Gr**** καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a
visual art
related to writing. It is the
design and
execution of...
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Islamic calligraphy is the
artistic practice of
penmanship and
calligraphy, in the
languages which use
Arabic alphabet or the
alphabets derived from it...
- ****anese
calligraphy (書道, shodō), also
called shūji (習字), is a form of
calligraphy, or
artistic writing, of the ****anese language.
Written ****anese was...
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Arabic calligraphy is the
artistic practice of
handwriting and
calligraphy based on the
Arabic alphabet. It is
known in
Arabic as
khatt (Arabic: خَطّ)...
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Chinese calligraphy is the
writing of
Chinese characters as an art form,
combining purely visual art and
interpretation of the
literary meaning. This...
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Western calligraphy is the art of
writing and
penmanship as
practiced in the
Western world,
especially using the
Latin alphabet (but also
including calligraphic...
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Persian calligraphy or
Iranian calligraphy (Persian: خوشنِویسیِ ایرانی, romanized: Xošnevisi-ye Irani) is the
calligraphy of the
Persian language. It...
- The art of
Turkish calligraphy dates back to the
seventh century. The
Ottoman Turks migrated from
Central Asia to
establish an
empire in
Anatolia by 1299...
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Vietnamese calligraphy (Vietnamese alphabet: Thư pháp Việt Nam, chữ Hán: 書法越南)
relates to the
calligraphic traditions of Vietnam. It
includes calligraphic works...
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Tibetan calligraphy is the
calligraphic tradition of
writing the
Tibetan language. As in
other parts of East Asia, nobles, high lamas, and
persons of...
