The Quran is written in Arabic, and the language’s flowing script is not just a way of writing, but also a form of art. Calligraphy grew in part because of religious restrictions on representational art and Muslim’s love of arabesque, the flowing repetition of multiplying and interlaced patterns, which represents the infinite. When created in calligraphy, a simple word or proverb can become an intricate, abstract design so complex as to be almost unreadable. In this lecture we will focus Pakistani calligraphers. | Lecture Art craft and calligraphy - Lecture 14
