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“Arabic Calligraphy: Jewel of the Islamic Art”
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Video (in English and Spanish) of the lecture titled “Arabic Calligraphy: Jewel of the Islamic Art”, by the Emirati artist and calligrapher Khalid Ali al Jallaf and the professor José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, held on September 12th in Madrid. The event was conducted by Eduardo López Busquets, Director General of Casa Árabe.
Khalid Ali Al Jallaf explained the calligraphy’s elevation to the category of art within the Islamic culture and went through the different types of the existing letters, paying special attention to the different uses of calligraphy and, most of all, in the architecture field. Jose Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Islamic art expert and a specialist on both the architecture and art of the Alhambra, illustrated those calligraphy architectural uses with the audiovisual screening of "Sentir La Alambra [Feeling the Alhambra]". He is the author of the piece and it was screened as the closure of the speech.
Khalid Ali Al Jallaf explained the calligraphy’s elevation to the category of art within the Islamic culture and went through the different types of the existing letters, paying special attention to the different uses of calligraphy and, most of all, in the architecture field. Jose Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Islamic art expert and a specialist on both the architecture and art of the Alhambra, illustrated those calligraphy architectural uses with the audiovisual screening of "Sentir La Alambra [Feeling the Alhambra]". He is the author of the piece and it was screened as the closure of the speech.
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