Gennadiy Vasilyevich Pavlov - Earth and Sky
Jean Larcger - Latin Alphabet
Karen Ackoff - Aardwolf
Çevik Savaş - Thuluth Basmala.
Signed. In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful
Signed. In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful
Victor Egorovich Saliev - A script sketch
Vsevolod Petrovich Sventokhovsky - The Terratological Alphabet
Claudio Gil
(Alterated uncial. Flora Graphica silk screen poster.
Vinilic gold and black ink on paper)
(Alterated uncial. Flora Graphica silk screen poster.
Vinilic gold and black ink on paper)
Gennadiy Vasilyevich Pavlov - Ognevoushki
Georgy Ivanovitch Kozubov - Dance of letters
Hans Maierhofer - The Golden Sphere
All illustrations are © the respective artist.
Click on any picture above to go through to the artist's page.
- From 16-21 September 2008, St Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture will host an international calligraphy exhibition.
- Press release.
- Participants' gallery page (there is more to see around the site)
- via Gil Claudio's trilingual La Grafía blog.
- Thanks to the people from non-english speaking countries for going to the trouble of making it easier for all us unilingual dominant language types!
These are incredible! Did you compile this group just for Bibliodyssey, or is there and actual "Calligraphy Exhibition" going on somewhere. I'm also intrigued by comparing the lettering styles of so many different cultures.
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ReplyDeleteYes, there is an actual exhibition going on but no, it's nothing to do with me.
ReplyDeleteSeptember 16-21, 2008
MVK International Exhibition Company has launched a new socially important project, International Calligraphic Exhibition. The aim of the project is to form a beautiful and healthy society through the art of calligraphy.
Venue: St.Petersburg State academic institute of painting, sculpture and architecture n.a. I.E. Repin of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Organizers: the National Union of Calligraphers and MVK Exhibition Company [LINK]
I like the idea of "a beautiful and healthy society through the art of calligraphy." After all, our physical activities have their effect on the brain...
ReplyDeleteso, SO beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey Are so beautiful that I had to comment and I'm glad that I did cause of the exhibition details.
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Nice to hear from you Meggiecat!
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ReplyDeleteSUCH beautiful calligraphy work shown here! I'm having a hard time deciding on a favorite! Wish I could see the entire exhibit in person... thank you for sharing this with us!
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