Calligraphy vs Painting - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
* 1981', Wayne E. Begley, ''2: The Symbolic Role of '''Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n'', Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), ''Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India ,
* 1987 , Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Art and Spirituality ,
* 2004 , Leslie Cabarga, Logo, Font & Lettering Bible ,
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 15, author=Roberta Smith, title=Fair Goes From Feast to Tasting Menu, work=New York Times
, passage=Around the corner, at Goedhuis, among more contemporary calligraphies , the fat and fuzzy brushwork of Zeng Yizeng (born 1973) stands out.}}
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
* 2004 , Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), ?Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa , Volume 7,
(lb) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
(lb) The action of applying paint to a surface.
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(lb) The same activity as an art form.
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As nouns the difference between calligraphy and painting
is that calligraphy is (uncountable) the art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written while painting is (lb) an illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).As a verb painting is
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English
(wikipedia calligraphy)Noun
page 7,
- This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):.
page 27,
- There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.
page 78,
- Calligraphy', however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward "accidentals." But ' calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful.
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page 169,
- Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.