Celestial Calligraphy
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
ADE Setiawan guided his brush with an agile hand, placing white clouds on his canvas: the last touches on the Arabic calligraphy innallah ma'asyabirin which he had drawn earlier. "It means 'God is truly with those who are patient'," he told Tempo at the Calligraphy Studio of Dar el-Qalam, Padang, West Sumatra, three weeks ago.
The calligraphy was drawn in the diwani jali style that came from the Ottoman Kingdom, 16th century Turkey. The Arabic letters painted in white and yellow seem to wind around each other against a dusky copper backdrop.
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ADE Setiawan guided his brush with an agile hand, placing white clouds on his canvas: the last touches on the Arabic calligraphy innallah ma'asyabirin which he had drawn earlier. "It means 'God is truly with those who are patient'," he told Tempo at the Calligraphy Studio of Dar el-Qalam, Padang, West Sumatra, three weeks ago.
The calligraphy was drawn in the diwani jali style that came from the Ottoman Kingdom, 16th century Turkey. The Arabic letters
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