| The Calligrapher's Garden Contributor(s): Massoudy, Hassan (Illustrator), Porter, Venetia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0863568564 ISBN-13: 9780863568565 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Calligraphy - Literary Collections | Middle Eastern - Reference | Quotations |
| Dewey: 745.619 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.6" W x 7" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hassan Massoudy's calligraphies are arranged to loosely follow the seasons, beginning and ending with autumn: sombre, wintry hues at one end, brilliant tones full of vibrant reds at the other.--Venetia Porter Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words. Massoudy draws his seasonal inspirations from writers and artists, including Kahlil Gibran, Henri Matisse, Lao Tzu, William Blake, and Victor Hugo, as well as from Hungarian, Spanish, Turkish, and Japanese proverbs. Hassan Massoudy was born in Najaf, Iraq. He moved to France in 1969, where he studied at L' cole des Beaux-Arts. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and is in the permanent collections of the British Museum and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, among others. Nineteen books of his calligraphy have been published in France, along with his autobiography, Si loin de l'Euphrate: Une jeunesse d'artiste en Irak. |