Drawing 12 artists

Calligraphic Line Graceful, flowing line According to Stanley-Baker : "Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion that is registered as traces on silk or paper, with time and rhythm in shifting space its main ingredients".

Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting , or calligraphy , and bookmaking in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. This art form is based on the Arabic script , which for a long time was used by all Muslims in their respective languages. They used it to represent God because they denied representing God with images. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the preservation of the Qur'an . Suspicion of figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract depictions becoming a major form of artistic expression in Islamic cultures, especially in religious contexts. The work of calligraphers was collected and appreciated. Adapted from Wickipedia

Islamic calligraphy primarily from Turkey and Iran

Illumination

Midevil time period - Christian illumination

East Asian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practised and revered in China , Japan , Korea , and Vietnam . The East Asian calligraphic tradition originated and developed from China . East Asian calligraphy and ink and wash painting are closely related, since accomplished using similar tools and techniques. Chinese painting and calligraphy distinguishes themselves from onther culture's arts by their emphasis on motion, and their charge with dynamic life. Adapted from Wickipedia

Chinese writing

Calligraphic style of drawing

Chinese prints

Chinese Midevil Christian brushwork art

Japanese drawings

Fillipo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 Discover of linear perspective Early Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1506 High Renaissance , ITALY

Leonardo da Vinci High Renaissance

Vincent Van Gogh Post Impressionist

Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Surrealism

Surrealism 1924-1930’s Salvador Dali (Spanish) Reminiscence Archeologiquete Galatea of the Spheres 1952 The Persistance of Memory 1931 Landscape with Butterflies

Kathe Kallowitz Expressionism

M C Escher Hand with Globe, 1935 OP art (optical illusion art)

MC Escher Op art

Albrecht Durer

Graffiti style drawing

Kara Walker - contemporary artist

Drawing 12 artists

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