Persian calligraphy : a corpus study of letterforms /
Meidani, Mahdiyeh
Persian calligraphy : a corpus study of letterforms / Mahdiyeh Meidani - London : Routledge, 2020 - (329 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 320-325
Corpus analysis -- Graphetic analysis -- Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy -- Holliday's triple metafunctions as requisite of any semiotic mode -- Toward a distinct feature analysis
"This book is an exploratory adventure to defamiliarize calligraphy, especially Persian Nastaliq calligraphic letterforms, and to look beyond the tradition that has always considered calligraphy as pursuant to and subordinate to linguistic practices. Calligraphy can be considered a visual communicative system with different means of meaning-making or as a medium through which meaning is made and expression is conveyed via a complex grammar...
978-0-367-20904-9
Persian calligraphy : a corpus study of letterforms / Mahdiyeh Meidani - London : Routledge, 2020 - (329 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 320-325
Corpus analysis -- Graphetic analysis -- Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy -- Holliday's triple metafunctions as requisite of any semiotic mode -- Toward a distinct feature analysis
"This book is an exploratory adventure to defamiliarize calligraphy, especially Persian Nastaliq calligraphic letterforms, and to look beyond the tradition that has always considered calligraphy as pursuant to and subordinate to linguistic practices. Calligraphy can be considered a visual communicative system with different means of meaning-making or as a medium through which meaning is made and expression is conveyed via a complex grammar...
978-0-367-20904-9