From Chinese art came the mode of artistic exaggeration (visual hyperbole), division (of work surface or calligraphy), the technique of curving, the technique of juxtaposing positive from and negative space (called the technique of the true false), the mode of the thin and the thick, the modes of creative borrowing, and the techniques of dimensional hatching and partial overlays.īy way of shape, Chinese-Arabic calligraphy incorporates the rectangle, square, circle, rhombus, fan, triangle, polygon, flower, fruit and medallion into its visual vocabulary. And the mechanisms of cultural exchange between Chinese and Arabic cultures are at work once again: another two fonts, the Diwani and the Thuluth, have recently made their way into the Chinese calligraphic milieu and are quite popular.Ĭhinese-Arabic calligraphy borrowed from the precepts of Chinese poetry, and the techniques of Chinese artistic production also influenced the Chinese-Arabic script. Each of these styles can be classified according to the script in which they appear: the scripts include the imitation Han Imperial, the Honor writ script (Bang Shu script), the Tu ma ri script, drawings of Qur’anic letters, and the carved Arabic script. According to geographic locale, Chinese-Arabic calligraphy can be further divided into three branches (or schools): the Northern, the Southern, and the Western. Traditional Arabic calligraphy in China is the tools of the trade can be used to classify the two major techniques of classical writing: the two fonts, differentiated by their tools, are the hard brush style, uses a piece of bamboo, a wood stick, or a carved animal bone implement to write with soft brush font, uses a brush made of wool, hair, or plant fibers to make a writing implement.
Traditional Arabic calligraphy in China represents the essence of the artistic work of generations of calligraphers, a unique cultural fusion of Chinese culture and Islamic art.
After Islam spread to China, the Chinese Muslims incorporated some characteristics of Chinese calligraphy into traditional Arabic calligraphy.
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