How to Read Islamic Calligraphy

by Maryam Ekhtiar

An accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic world

How to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic script types, demonstrates their distinctive visual characteristics, and explains the various contexts in which each one came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588396304
• ISBN13: 9781588396303
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.4"