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Persian Calligraphy: A Corpus Study of Letterforms

Persian Calligraphy: A Corpus Study of Letterforms

Meidani, Mahdiyeh

Paperback

Series: Iranian Studies

LinguisticsMiddle Eastern ArtTypography & Calligraphy

ISBN10: 0367777371
ISBN13: 9780367777371
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 1 2021
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book is an exploratory adventure to defamiliarize calligraphy, especially Persian Nastaliq calligraphic letterforms, and to look beyond the tradition that has always considered calligraphy as pursuant to and subordinate to linguistic practices.

Calligraphy can be considered a visual communicative system with different means of meaning-making or as a medium through which meaning is made and expression is conveyed via a complex grammar. This study looks at calligraphy as a systematic means in the field of visual communication, rather than as a one-dimensional and ad hoc means of providing visual beauty and aesthetic enjoyment. Revolving around different insights of multimodal social semiotics, the volume relies on the findings of a corpus study of Persian Nastaliq calligraphy. The research emphasizes the way in which letterforms, regardless of conventions in language, are applied as graphically meaningful forms that convey individual distinct meanings.

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