Reza Abedini-Callidrawing

Designer: Reza Abedini
Year: 2014
Medium:  ink on paper.
Dimensions:  37.5 x 27.5 cm, or 15 x 11 in.

[Callidrawing] lies somewhere between drawing and calligraphy, revealing the artist’s long-standing engagement with these two forms of art. The word “graph” is derived from the Greek “grapho” and Latin “graphia”, implying the double meaning of devising and writing. Traces of this word can be found in autograph, lithography, and calligraphy. This same implications and double-meaning can be found in the phrase Persian Script (originally from Arabic; literally translated as “Persian Line”). In Persian, words like handwriting (literally translated as “hand line”), and parallel lines are each related to one of these definitions. In modern times, like many other issues, these definitions are either misunderstood or forgotten. 

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For The History of Graphic Design Course
Added by: Angelo D’Ambrosi, Farmingdale State College-SUNY
Professor Roshanak Keyghobadi, EdD, Farmingdale State College-SUNY