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Measured calligraphic exercise of the prayer ‘’Rabbi yessir ve lâ tuassir Rabbi temmim bi’l hayr in Nesih Calligraphy (Calligraphy, Ömer Faruk Dere)
Islam calligraphy has already reached the effect of being
plastic centuries before which the west art is trying to reach
today. As it is known there are four main plastic elements in
the painting art. Dot, line, stain, and colour. The calligrapher
has been making works with the love of the religious values
by using dot, line, stain, and the connection between them
without depending on outside world as in painting and needind
even colour. Today modern arts trying to break away the
external world dependence admire the plastic strength of
the calligraphy art. The calligraphy art uses the plastic elements
skillfully with the aim of serving high purposes compared
with the meaningless and futile plastic works made in
the name of modern art. The subject of this short text will be
the ‘’stain’’ that comes firstly in the plastic values of calligraphy
art. Calligraphy art consists of the balanced distribution
of the stain harmonies being formed of lines on the defined
surface. The spaces which give us sometimes joy, sometimes
peace,sometimes tranquility are the stain left. The Great Calligraphy
Sami Efendi wanted to tell this while he was saying
‘’I enjoy the spaces in calligraphy’’.
The artist looks fort he divine balance existing in the whole
universe in the distribution of the stains on the space.This
balance is not formed with mathematical operations. It is put
down completely with the driving of spiritual (sevk-i ilahi). The
calligrapher uses the balance in his work as the most important
element. As we classify these balance samples achieved
throughout the centuries we see four types of balance.
* Symetrical balance
* Asymetrical balance
* Central balance
* Free balance
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