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Pixels in Islamic Art: Square Kufic Calligraphy (2020)
When I was a little kid whenever we drove by mosques, I would be intrigued by the complex motifs they’re decorated by. I always tried to figure out the pattern; to me it was just a pattern, I never…
Work done by Sergio Fabris found on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kufic_mjriam_nach_Fabris.jpg(no changes were made) This image is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.Square Kufic dates all the way back to the 12th-13th century. Taking a step back to the past, one specific example of square Kufic I want to look at in more detail is located in Topkapı Palace, about 30 minutes away from where I am writing this article. If you speak Turkish, I found the article “Kufi Yazıda Geometrik Yorumlar Üzerine Bir Deneme” by Omiir Bakirer very helpful.
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