Overview
- Addresses issues relevant to temporal Arabic typography and time-based calligraphic art
- Proposes broad categories of temporal behaviors that can be adapted to various forms of time-based media, such as animation, temporal typography and new media installations
- Accompanied by a website that contains videos of the examples presented in the book as well as a growing database of relevant works
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This book is a pioneering study of temporal typography and time-based calligraphic art written in the Arabic system of writing. Inspired by the innate qualities of Arabic script as well as certain practices in Islamic calligraphy and contemporary calligraphic art, the book devises five broad categories of temporal behaviors for Arabic characters in time-based media. It goes onto expand the vocabulary used to describe Arabic script’s appearance in time-based media and proposes a theory to help artists, practitioners, and theoreticians push the boundaries of temporal text-based art. Furthermore, it tackles questions of legibility and readability, and seeks to understand how temporality of Arabic text influences the creation of meaning. This book will therefore appeal not only to animators, designers, and artists, but also to commentators and scholars who deal with temporal text-based art written in Arabic script.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
M Javad Khajavi is Associate Professor in the Institute of Film and Animation at Volda University College, Norway. The underlying focus of his research is to investigate issues of representation and perception in animation based media.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Arabic Script in Motion
Book Subtitle: A Theory of Temporal Text-based Art
Authors: M. Javad Khajavi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12649-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12648-3Published: 30 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12651-3Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12649-0Published: 12 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 184
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Arts, Arabic, Middle Eastern Culture