Arabic calligraphy

E11665
Islamic art calligraphy visual art

Arabic calligraphy is a revered artistic tradition that transforms the Arabic script into intricate visual art, deeply intertwined with Islamic culture, literature, and architecture across the Arab world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Islamic calligraphy 7
Arabic calligraphy canonical 5
Ottoman calligraphy 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic art ⓘ
calligraphy ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
aestheticPrinciple geometric construction of letters ⓘ
harmony of line and space ⓘ
proportional system of letters ⓘ
rhythmic repetition of forms ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Arab culture ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
surface form: Islamic civilization
associatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
culturalRole identity symbol in the Arab world ⓘ
medium for transmitting religious texts ⓘ
prestigious scholarly art ⓘ
developedFrom early Arabic script ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
function devotional expression ⓘ
ornamentation ⓘ
textual legibility ⓘ
hasStyle Diwani ⓘ
Kufic script ⓘ
surface form: Kufic

Maghribi script ⓘ
Muhaqqaq ⓘ
Naskh script ⓘ
surface form: Naskh

Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
Ruqʿah ⓘ
Thuluth script ⓘ
surface form: Thuluth
historicalDevelopmentPeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
historicalOriginRegion Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
importantCenter Baghdad ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Cordoba (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Cordoba

Damascus ⓘ
Fez ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
influenced Islamic architectural decoration ⓘ
Ottoman calligraphy ⓘ
Persian calligraphy ⓘ
modern Arabic typography ⓘ
influencedBy Quranic prohibition of figural imagery in religious contexts ⓘ
primaryLanguageContext Arabic language ⓘ
relatedArtForm Islamic geometric patterns ⓘ
calligraffiti ⓘ
illumination (tazhib) ⓘ
requiresSkill control of line thickness ⓘ
knowledge of script proportions ⓘ
mastery of pen angle ⓘ
taughtIn Islamic art institutes ⓘ
contemporary art academies ⓘ
traditional calligraphy schools ⓘ
tool bamboo pen ⓘ
brush ⓘ
ink ⓘ
paper ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
reed pen ⓘ
usedFor Quranic verses ⓘ
architectural decoration ⓘ
ceramic decoration ⓘ
coin inscriptions ⓘ
contemporary graphic design ⓘ
manuscript illumination ⓘ
religious inscriptions ⓘ
textile decoration ⓘ
usesAlphabet Arabic alphabet ⓘ
writing system art form Arabic script ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasCulturalHeritage → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
Arabs → UNESCOCulturalHeritage → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
Diwani script → usedBy → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman court calligraphers
Islamic world → hasCulturalContribution → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Muhaqqaq script → usedIn → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Ottoman culture → hasArtForm → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman calligraphy
Museum of the Future, Dubai → hasWritingSystem → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
subject surface form: Museum of the Future
Al-Asma ul-Husna → usedIn → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Sad → calligraphicUse → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
subject surface form: Ṣād
Uthmani script of the Quran → primaryUse → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quranic calligraphy
Arabic-script typography → relatedTo → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) → field → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
al-khaṭ al-muḥaqqaq → scriptFamily → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm → calligraphicUse → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy
Islamic period → hasCulturalFeature → Arabic calligraphy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic calligraphy