Why is Arabic calligraphy considered an art?
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Calligraphy is the most highly regarded and most fundamental element of Islamic art. It is significant that the Qur'an, the book of God's revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, was transmitted in Arabic, and that inherent within the Arabic script is the potential for developing a variety of ornamental...
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Calligraphy -- the art of writing -- is a unique feature of Islamic art in that it has been used in astonishingly varied and imaginative ways.
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