ART

CALLIGRAPHY

The Evolution of Calligraphy:

First, what is calligraphy?  Calligraphy is a type of art that is used to write words in a very creative and artistic way. 

In the Middle East and East Asia, calligraphy by long and exacting tradition is considered a major art, equal to sculpture or painting. In Western culture the Greek (and Latin) wrote alphabets and the spread of this type of writing has tended to make handwriting in an artsy way that anyone can practice. After the introduction of printing in Europe in the mid-15th century, a clear difference arose between handwriting and more elaborate forms of scripts and lettering. In fact, new words meaning “calligraphy” entered most European languages about the end of the 16th century, and in English the word calligraphy did not appear until 1613. Writing books from the 16th century through the present day have continued to distinguish between ordinary handwriting and the more decorative calligraphy.

There are different types of calligraphy, example;

• Western Calligraphy 
• Islamic/Arabic Calligraphy 
• Chinese Calligraphy 
• Greek Calligraphy 
• Roman Calligraphy

And there are many more... 

PARALLEL PATTERNS ASSESSMENT

In this assessment, I took lots of time to do this but we had to make the shapes parallel and that was a little hard to do and we also had to draw on patterns and make the patterns look more complicated the more the drawing goes. I started with squares and rectangles and then i added more squares then i did chess squared. The pattern was squares and not all squares were colored. I don't think i did my best while we were working on this assessment/drawing because I kept on procrastinating my work but then i finally finished it today. I missed out a few stuff like painting/coloring in the patterns or the whole drawing but next time i will make it look better.