What is Calligraphy?
Calligraphy is a beautiful hand writing skill that has an ornamental-looking letter. The letters are arranged harmonically with rhythm and integrity. Each calligraphy is unique in its own creator’s method. Calligraphy has the aim to communicate creativity through letters.
Calligraphy is an intricate pattern that consumes time to be created. Calligraphy is a word derived from Greek words. Kallos means beauty, and graphein, which means to write, is used to make the word calligraphy. Particular types of brushes help in creating calligraphy. It can also be done using a normal pen.
Types of Calligraphy
There are mainly four types of calligraphy; Western, Eastern Asian, Southern Asian, and Islamic calligraphy. It is the types of calligraphies present across the world.
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Western Calligraphy
The Roman era saw the beginning of western calligraphy. During this time, scribes practiced handwriting and copying the first bibles by hand. Several scripts were developed, from fine manuals on Spencerian calligraphy to exquisitely drawn medieval manuscripts. Even now, writings from the past, as well as more recent versions, are still helpful. With a focus on the Latin alphabet but also including the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, Western calligraphy is the art of writing and calligraphy as it is practiced in the Western world.
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Eastern Asian Calligraphy
East Asian brush calligraphy closely combines elements of art, communication, and symbolism, providing educators with a uniquely rich array of tools. Chinese calligraphy, which combines simple visual art with interpretation of the literary content, is the writing of Chinese characters as a type of fine art. This form of language has been widely used in China and is typically regarded highly throughout East Asia. A significant part of East Asian cultural history is the development of brush calligraphy as a distinct artistic form. The shape of the letters used in the Chinese writing system and the other writing systems that were descended from it has long held a place of special reverence in the regional aesthetic traditions.
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Southern Asian Calligraphy
Southern Asian Calligraphy is a type of calligraphy that originated in the southern part. Although historical writing systems like Brahmi are no longer in use, they gave rise to the bulk of writing systems today. Scripts used in Sri Lanka and South India include Sinhala, Malayali, Kannada, and Telugu. The Sanskrit and Pali languages are currently written using the Devanagari script, the most common of the modern South Asian scripts. It is also used for Hindi and Nepali.
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Islamic Calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy is a form of handwriting and calligraphy based on the Arabic script and is practiced in regions with a common Islamic cultural background. It consists of Persian, Ottoman, and Arabic calligraphy. In Arabic, it is referred to as khatt Islami, which means Islamic line, pattern, or building. Two primary styles Kufic and Naskh, formed the foundation of Islamic calligraphy. Each comes in various forms, as well as geographically distinct fashions. Beginning with the Middle East’s post-colonial era, Islamic calligraphy and the more contemporary form of calligraffiti have been merged into modern art.
