The lines of calligraphy

THE LINES OF CALLIGRAPHY
FROM MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MEDICIS LIBRARY TO CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY

The aim of this course is to explore the possibilities of contemporary calligraphy by studying a number of original european and non european manuscripts: Italian-Latin from XIV century, Arabic, Syrians, Greeks orthodox studied by myself at the Laurenziana Medicis Library in Florence. http://www.bml.firenze.sbn.it/index_ing.htm
We start from the concept that each manuscript is unique of its kind and in its form as it is linked to a series of fortuitous, unrepeatable factors: its historical and cultural context, the precise moment in time, the calligrapher's hand and his emotions.
During a calligraphy class, it is usually the teacher who provides a pre-constructed and pre-elaborated model of writing , but in this case I will be there to encourage each student to study the fascinating letters of one of the manuscripts, its rhythm, its links, its spacing, its characteristics and its uniqueness. We will then develop the power of the "calligraphy line" in latin and non latin writing and compare with the perhaps more "logical" and "rigid" western letters to the more "free" letters from eastern and maybe discover something new in both.

Following on from there, we will develop the letters of the alphabet used in our manuscript to give them a more creative and freer aspect and so create a "new" kind of writing, a NEW ALPHABET, a BEAUTIFUL one, that is more rhythmic and dynamic, and at times downright illegible, but which has its roots in a historical form of the past. Our intention, therefore, is to breathe new life into the letters and rhythms of the eastern and western past by passing them through the filter of our own personality and sensitivity, our experiences and emotions, to make them once again unique and unrepeatable. With the help of the teacher and by following a special method, each student will do practical exercises and use alternative and unusual writing tools to the background of sounds, music and images.
To conclude, I propose to bind a "book", to give a new form and lease of life to the original manuscript from which we started out on our fascinating journey through the art of writing.

Every morning, to start off the day with energy and creativity you will have the opportunity to take part in optional and simple Qi Gong and Do In self massage exercises.

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