Description

Duration: 90 Minutes
Location: Sultanahmet / ISTANBUL
Lesson Teachings: available in English, French, Russian, Turkish

Art of Ottoman Hand Writing & Latin Style Calligraphy Class in istanbul.

In our Art Center located in sultanahmet and we are organising Calligraphy lessons to locals and visitors that comes to istanbul. Our calligraphy teachers are professional and experienced over 20 years in teaching.

We will welcome you to our art studio located in sultanahmet istanbul. We will sit on our big table. Our teacher will show you all the materials like Reed Pens, Special Inks, Papers etc. Show you in detailed how to use the materials. Then we will talk about the history of Calligraphy and the start the writing process.
Depending on your level, we can teach beginner, intermediate or advanced levels of Ottoman Arabic Calligraphy. If you request from us, we can also teach you latin Calligraphy.

Ottoman – Turkish Calligraphy, also known as Arabic calligraphy, is the art of writing, and extension, of bookmaking. This art has most often employed the Arabic script, throughout many languages. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the preservation of the Qur’an.

Ottoman Turkish calligraphy is associated with geometric Islamic art on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the page. Contemporary artists in the Islamic world draw on the heritage of calligraphy to use calligraphic inscriptions or abstractions in their work.

The first of those to gain popularity was known as the Kufic script, which was angular, made of square and short horizontal strokes, long verticals, and bold, compact circles.

The Diwani script is a cursive style of Arabic calligraphy developed during the reign of the early Ottomans (16th and early 17th centuries). It was invented Housam Roumi and reached its height of popularity under Süleyman I the Magnificent. As decorative as it was communicative, Diwani was distinguished the complexity of the line within the letter and the close juxtaposition of the letters within the word.

In the teachings of calligraphy figurative imagery is used to help visualize the shape of letters to trace.

The traditional instrument of the Turkish – Ottoman calligrapher is the kalem, a pen made of dried reed or bamboo; the ink is often in color, and chosen such that its intensity can vary greatly, so that the greater strokes of the compositions can be very dynamic in their effect.

What is Included :

* In our lessons; we can teach beginner & advanced level Professional Artists
* Traditional Ottoman & Arabic Style Hat or Latin Style Calligraphy teaching
* All equipment for the Calligraphy or Hat workshop ( Pens, ink, paper etc. )
* Workshop Area, Aprons & Gloves
* Turkish Tea & Water

Here is our adres : https://www.lesartsturcs.com/contact-us/

Google Maps : https://goo.gl/maps/uXuyRmELZsx

Bazaar Turkey – Les Arts Turcs

Alemdar Mh. Incili Cavus Sk.
No: 19 Floor : 3 (Behind The Underground Cistern) Sultanahmet 34110
Istanbul, Turkey

Contact = +905442201022 ( Mr. Alp )

History of Turkish Calligraphy