TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yasin Hamid Safadi
TI  - Islamic Calligraphy
SN  - 087773142X
PY  - 1979///
CY  - USA
PB  - Shambhala
KW  - English
KW  - Islamic calligraphy
KW  - General
N1  - Includes index and glossary; Origins of the Arabic alphabet -- Early calligraphic developments -- Kufic scripts -- The reform of the Arabic script -- The development of the cursive scripts -- The major scripts according to classical tradition -- The Maghribi scripts -- Later calligraphic developments -- The 'six styles' of cursive writing -- Thuluth -- Maskhi -- Muhaqqaq -- Rayhani -- Tawqi' -- Riqa' -- Maghribi -- Ta'liq, Nasta'liq and Shikasteh -- The calligrapher and his page -- Composite styles and techniques -- Calligraphy as primary motif -- Islamic calligraphy and Western art -- Calligraphic signs and devices -- The Arabic alphabet -- Glossary
ER  -