The Dance of Soma and Psyche This thesis is submitted to the AUT ...
The Dance of Soma and Psyche This thesis is submitted to the AUT ...
The Dance of Soma and Psyche This thesis is submitted to the AUT ...
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Islamic calligraphy has its figurative side <strong>to</strong>o. By interweaving written words, calligraphers<br />
produced anthropomorphic figures (a human, a face), zoomorph<strong>is</strong>m (symbolic<br />
creatures, lion, horse, bird), or even non-living representations (a mosque, a ship).<br />
<strong>The</strong>se figurative images are used <strong>to</strong> help v<strong>is</strong>ual<strong>is</strong>e <strong>the</strong> shape <strong>of</strong> letters <strong>to</strong> trace. As<br />
mentioned before, in <strong>the</strong><br />
Islamic tradition, drawing<br />
human or animal<br />
figures has an implication<br />
<strong>of</strong> idolatry, <strong>the</strong>refore<br />
words <strong>and</strong> shapes<br />
were chosen <strong>to</strong> express<br />
art<strong>is</strong>tic messages.<br />
Fig.17<br />
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