Re-animating the script : an exploration of new directions in calligraphic animation with reference to the kinesthetic, plasmatic and transformative qualities of Islamic calligraphy

• Main Author: Mohammad Javad Khajavi
• Other Authors: Sorensen Dorrit Vibeke
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Animation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71201
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Experimenting with Islamic calligraphy (here defined as any calligraphy written in Arabic script) in new and innovative ways using a diverse range of media is a recurring theme in contemporary art of the Arab world, Iran and Turkey. Such experimentations have begun from the middle of the 20th centur...