Feb 23, 2007
Calligraphy by Mouneer Al-Shaárani
Beautiful work. Via growabrain.
Update: “A study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians.” Full story here.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Journal of Ottoman Calligraphy
• Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East
4 Comments, Comment or Ping
#1 posted by Nathalie
Love calligraphy.
Do you know the works of Hassan Massoudy (in a different esthetic genre) ?
He is very popular in France.
http://perso.orange.fr/hassan.massoudy/galerie.htm
Feb 23rd, 2007
#2 posted by John
One of his pieces was used to promote that Word into Art exhibition linked above but I don’t think I’d been to his site before.
I love Arabic calligraphy but I think the French are more familiar with it due to the colonial heritage. Massoudy has a very different style, more like the looser Japanese work.
Feb 23rd, 2007
#3 posted by Nathalie
Massoudy was put in the public eye a few ( years ago because writer Michel Tournier featured him in one of his novels (La Goutte d’Or, I think - 17 years ago !) and wrote some nice critique of Massoudy’s work.
Loads of examples of calligraphy can be found at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.
If you have not yet visited it, may I suggest you add this incredible place - designed by architect Jean Nouvel - on your list for a next visit ?
Feb 23rd, 2007
#4 posted by John
I nearly did last time I was there but didn’t get round to it. But it definitely is on the list.
Feb 24th, 2007
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