Khatt - Egypt''s Calligraphic Landscape

Informationen zum Autor Basma Hamdy is a research-based designer, author and educator. Currently Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Hamdy earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently a candidate at PhDArts: Leiden University and The Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Netherlands. Hamdy has exhibited and spoken at several international art and design festivals and conferences such as Duke University's Arts of the Revolution, Spielart Festival Munich and The Graphic Design Festival Breda. Her publications include Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution. www.basmahamdy.com Klappentext Bringing together over 200 colour photographs, this is a beautifully produced source-book on calligraphy found across cities in Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Huda Abifares Messages and Meaning by Noha Zayed & Basma Hamdy Cairene Visual Culture by Ahmad Hammoud Trucks: A Moving Canvas by Noha Zayed Semiology of Arabic Letters by Muhammad El Mahdy Interview: Perception with Elseed Interview: The Bronze Inventor

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• Authors: Basma Hamdy, Basma Zayed Hamdy, Hamdy Basma, Basma Zayed, Noha Zayed
• Assisted by: Noha Zayed (Photographs), Basma Hamdy (Editor), Abifares Huda Smitschuijzen (Foreword)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2018
• EAN: 9780863569012
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-901-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; ART / Techniques / Calligraphy, Egypt, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Street Photography, ART / Popular Culture, ART / Graffiti & Street Art, Graffiti & street art, The Arts: techniques and principles, Lettering & Calligraphy, Other graphic or visual art forms, Typography and lettering, Calligraphy and hand-lettering