{Art Cycles (2 [continued])}[20th April 1991]

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One of the notable features of pre-Romanesque European art – eg Carolingian, Ottonian, Saxon and Irish painting – is its attachment to the written word, in the form of illustrations to books, illuminations around the text, and even the calligraphy itself. Calligraphy is perhaps the Islamic art form,* so it is interesting that the European periods all coincide roughly with the initial rise of Islam – given that I connect the character of Islam with the date of its origin. Will calligraphy turn out relatively stronger in early Islam** than later, eg c[irca]1024CE-1536CE and 1536CEff, when European painting was freed from its textual attachments?***

*{cf [[Redbook9:148][19910420:0953mm]{The Dome of the Rock (2)}[20th April 1991],] 148,

[[Redbook9:164-165][19910421:1410#]{Islamic Calligraphy}[21st April 1991],] 164-165}

**{No – See [[Redbook9:168-169][19910421:1410#]{Late Arts of the Book (1)}[21st April 1991],] 169,

[[Redbook9:175-179][19910421:1410#]{Late Arts}[21st April 1991],] 175}

***{cf [[Redbook9:166-168][19910421:1410#]{Invasion and Migration}[21st April 1991],] 166;}

{ [[Redbook9:182][19910422:1210]{A Thousand Years of Art?}[22nd April 1991],] 182?,

[[Redbook9:182-183][19910422:1210#]{The Nature of Islam}[22nd April 1991],] 183}

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