By: Amina Bajwa , Los Angeles California
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lished. The art and calligraphy spread among nations across the globe, and eventually helped unite people under the Arabic ur religion, known as Islam, is
language. This new creation led to others,
filled with various wonders, one of them be- and thousands around the world were ing breathtaking Ara-
astounded. It marked
bic/Islamic art and
the start of a new era,
calligraphy. These
and opened eyes to a
forms of art have
whole new perspec-
been developing for
tive.
over 14 centuries - a reach of over 1,400
Painting scriptures of
years. In fact, Islamic
the Arabic language
art claims to have re-
and verses of the
served a distinct spot in the spread, and
Quran dominated a point of view, which
massive growth of Islam. We see this art
seemed new to many. This new invention of
most presently in early Arabian nations and beautiful hand-held art really portrayed the the Middle East, developed and observed
artistic side of Islam. Also, since it was for-
by profound scholars.
bidden to paint/create statues, faces, and worldly objects that other religions wor-
Numerous famous calligraphers analyzed
shipped, the alternative and solution was to
and studied this art, and eventually basic
look upon the peace that lies within
principles, theories, and scripts were estab30
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