Question

One artist partially burned examples of this art form and placed them in glass vases in the “Memory Triptych.” This art form lies in the corners of a work in which lines radiate out from a black dot that lies in a reddish-brown shape, which references the death of the artist’s father. The Last Sound, which uses this art form, belongs to an art movement inspired by it that emerged at the Gordon Memorial School. Giotto’s Madonna and Child exemplifies a “pseudo-” kind of this art form, whose real types include (*) thuluth and reqā.’ This art form, which often decorated the edges of robes is shown on eight giant, black medallions in Turkey. A qalam is used for the Kufic (10[1])or Naskh styles of this art form, which flourished thanks to religious discouragement of depicting people. For 10 points, name this ink-based art form used for the Quran. ■END■

ANSWER: Islamic calligraphy [or Islamic writing or Islamic handwriting; accept Arabic calligraphy or Arabic writing or Arabic handwriting; accept khatt Arabi; prompt on calligraphy or handwriting; prompt on kufic]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Visual Fine Arts>
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