Calligraphy
51ART AND CALLIGRAPHY — Israeli sculptor. The gates contain themes of the menorah, the Hebrew letter shin, a tree, and praying hands. Iron. Photo: David Harris. ) Ornamental entrance gates to the Israel President s Residence, 1971, by Bezalel Schatz (1912–1978), Israeli …
52Pounce (calligraphy) — Before the invention of blotting paper a fine powder, pounce, was sprinkled over wet ink to hasten drying. This powder is prepared from single substances such as finely ground salt, fine sand, and powdered soft minerals such as talc or soapstone …
53Merovingian script — ▪ calligraphy in calligraphy, the writing of the pre Carolingian hands of France that were derived from Latin cursive script. Luxeuil, in Burgundy, was a particularly important centre in the development of a Merovingian cursive style during …
54Spencerian penmanship — ▪ calligraphy style of handwriting (calligraphy) developed by Platt Rogers Spencer (died 1864) of Geneva, Ohio. Energetically promoted by Spencer s five sons and a nephew, the Spencerian method became the most widely known system of writing… …
55Bahá'í symbols — Calligraphy of the Greatest Name Bahá í symbols are symbols that have been used, or are used, to express identification with the Bahá í Faith. While the five pointed star is the symbol of the religion,[1] being used to represent the human body …
56animal interlace — ▪ calligraphy in calligraphy, rich, fanciful decorative motif characteristic of work by the Hiberno Saxon book artists of the early Middle Ages in the British Isles. Its intertwined, fantastic animal and bird forms are often densely and minutely …
57Beneventan script — ▪ calligraphy in calligraphy, southern Italian hand, cultivated in the mother house of the Benedictine order at Montecassino. It has a peculiar jerky rhythm and retains individual cursive forms, which together with many abbreviations and… …
58bokuseki — ▪ calligraphy (Japanese: “ink trace”),Chinese (Wade Giles romanization) Mo chi, or (Pinyin) Moji, calligraphic style of the Buddhist sects known as Zen in Japan and Ch an in China. This calligraphic form sprang directly from the… …
59cancellaresca corsiva — ▪ calligraphy also called cancellaresca, littera da brevi , or chancery cursive in calligraphy, script that in the 16th century became the vehicle of the New Learning throughout Christendom. It developed during the preceding century out of… …
60copperplate script — ▪ calligraphy formally English round hand , also called anglaise in calligraphy, dominant style among 18th century writing masters, whose copybooks were splendidly printed from models engraved on copper. The alphabet was fundamentally… …
