From Western calligraphy tradition to extended gesture
[eng] The Western calligraphy tradition, with more than a two-thousand-year-old, evolved depending on the technical possibilities and various vernacular needs of the time. It has been utilized as a functional entity, which refers to writing, preserving, copying, and spreading the text meant to be re...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/199141 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/199141 http://hdl.handle.net/10803/688459 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Art contemporani Cal·ligrafia Gest en l'art Civilització occidental Contemporary art Calligraphy Gesture in art Western civilization |
| Sumario: | [eng] The Western calligraphy tradition, with more than a two-thousand-year-old, evolved depending on the technical possibilities and various vernacular needs of the time. It has been utilized as a functional entity, which refers to writing, preserving, copying, and spreading the text meant to be read. On the other hand, contemporary Western calligraphy represents a significant shift from this tradition both technically and conceptually. It has started to be performed as an open field in which different ways of understanding Western calligraphy practices began to be encountered. Contemporary Western calligrapher mostly prefers to eliminate text, a word, a letter, or any kind of readable, even recognizable written entities, which come out with visual image close to abstraction that is primarily defined as expressive, experimental, or abstract calligraphy. Today, more and more people practice calligraphy in the form of expression through individual interpretations and create personal styles with various motivations. The objective of this research is to know the contemporary practices of Western calligraphy, its trends, and manifestations to draw an overview of its current situation and thus fill the existing gap in current literature. A great memory of a series of scripts consisting of calligraphy, however, many aspects were missing or unclear to the researchers with a lack of clarity in the terminology. While some current perspectives have roots in the Western tradition, various calligraphers take inspiration from other disciplines, such as music, dance, or poetry; some reflect the significant features of other calligraphy traditions, namely Far Eastern and Middle Eastern calligraphy. For this reason, this reserach focuses on contemporary Western calligraphy, contemporary practices, and possible influences of the Far Eastern and Middle Eastern calligraphy traditions. It grounds on an interaction between theory and practice as its reflection. This research aims to focus on contemporary Western practices to locate the various features and dynamics that affect contemporary tendencies in the West. This research provides significant insights into determining the influences and dynamics of contemporary Western calligraphy. With this analysis, evaluation in a broad framework, and examination of broad perspectives, the research offers a significant new contribution as a contemporary calligraphy reference for researchers, practitioners, and amateurs, seeking broad and diverse research in the field of contemporary Western calligraphy, conceptually and practically. |
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