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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1687-8280
- eISSN
- 2213-8609
- DOI
- 10.1163/2213860909X00082
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Abstract
The origin of handwritting and manuscript signs goes back to the art of cave paintings and mural decorations. These marks and their artistic expression may present deep meaning and internal coherence. The permanent interaction between the stroke and its significance is a subject of research which is both artistic and literary, therefore transdisciplinary and transcultural. My chirographic and semioric studies (a synonym of calligraphic) investigate a variety of subjects, and they are all research projects on the relationship and interface between Spirit and Letter, between the Inner and the Outer, between Essence and Form. Among artistic techniques at the disposal of the chirographer, a pointillist impression of `a rising letter' prevents the eye from concentrating on detail, thus producing a dynamic and tridimensional effect. Color spheres enhance the dynamics of a fixed image. A stroke of a banner composed of three colored spaces also introduces movement, similar to a Mobius band. By using three primary colors, a state of completeness is suggested, or of accomplishment, a constant and invariable character. Other color combinations in this triple space translate various interactions between the Essence of the text and its graphic Form. In 1987, together with my father Jan Wolkowski
Journal
Abgadyat – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009