The rhythm of the pen and the art of the book
Subtitle: Islamic calligraphy from the 13th to the 19th century
By: catalogue by Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Contributors: Sam Fogg (Gallery)
Publisher: Sam Fogg
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9781911300342
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Islamic calligraphy; Catalogs; Exhibitions; Sam Fogg (Gallery)
Other titles: Islamic calligraphy from the 13th to the 19th century
Description: This lavishly illustrated volume takes the reader through a journey of some six centuries of development of the refined arts of calligraphy and illumination in the Islamic world. Much has been written on the dawn and early stages of the development of Arabic script and the position of calligraphy as an art form within Islamic civilization. This catalogue seeks to follow this story further into the golden age of Islamic calligraphy and its appreciation and patronage as the chief form of artistic expression from Islamic Spain to China. The works of art carefully selected for this catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the prestigious Sam Fogg gallery in London, follow the impact of the introduction of paper into the Islamic world and its effect on both the quality and the scope of the calligraphic art form. Paper, rather than parchment, allowed for inscriptions to be penned on a massive scale, and one of the highlights here is a monumental half line from the so-called "Baysunghur" Qur'an, which was probably the largest Qur'an manuscript commissioned by an imperial court. Exhibition: Sam Fogg, London, UK (Oct 16-Nov 10, 2017).
Notes: Sales catalog from an exhibtion held at Sam Fogg, London, October 16-November 10, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).