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| subject | Signs & Symbols | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| topic | Calligraphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| grade | Four | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| time | 30 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| objective | To enable students to understand the significance of calligraphy in Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| instructional material | Info sheet 4c - Calligraphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pictures with calligraphy (look at http://www.geocities.com/islamforpublicschools/clipartgallery.html) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INTRODUCTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Islamic declaration that ?there is no God but God? is expressed through the arabesque, a form of design that can be applied to music, literature, and philosophy, as well as to art, architecture, and callligraphy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calligraphy of the arabic language is the supreme art of Islam; it is a ?double art?.� First, it is an arabesque, and second, it has a discursive content.� Calligraphy is an arabesque because of its repetition and symmetry, and it has discursive content because the words present something directly to mind besides how it looks.� Usually calligraphers take a verse from the Quran or a saying of Prophet Muhammed, and make it visibly beautiful, so to Muslims, the verse looks beautiful to read, and its meaning is taken to heart.� Calligraphy, therefore, is the most popular art of Islam, both to Kings and leaders, and to common people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEVELOPMENT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Let students read the info sheet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| REINFORCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Let students colour in a sheet with some calligraphy on it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INFO SHEET 4c - Calligraphy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Islamic declaration that ?there is no God but God? is expressed through the arabesque, a form of design that can be applied to music, literature, and philosophy, as well as to art, architecture, and callligraphy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calligraphy of the arabic language is the supreme art of Islam; it is a ?double art?.� First, it is an arabesque, and second, it has a discursive content.� Calligraphy is an arabesque because of its repetition and symmetry, and it has discursive content because the words present something directly to mind besides how it looks.� Usually calligraphers take a verse from the Quran or a saying of Prophet Muhammed, and make it visibly beautiful, so to Muslims, the verse looks beautiful to read, and its meaning is taken to heart.� Calligraphy, therefore, is the most popular art of Islam, both to Kings and leaders, and to common people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Islamic Calligraphy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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