On Researches About Calligraphic Paintings

Abstract

Turkish graphic art which is based on writing begun one thousand years ago and it is also a great painting art which is improved by İslamic effect. As the other arts in course of time writing has been up to the people who made out it in their spirit, inner life, culture and their aim and pleasure as a esthatic way which was gotten away simplicity. At the begining the writing painting was wroten by chopstick and nail was formed simple symbol groups and at the begining it was seen simple forms up to aims as the other arts.

The sheets, paintings and sources which is studied in this research show that as Mevlevi, Bektaşi, Rufai tariqas made the writing pictures in several forms and faces. Also in this research studied on Turkish graphic in architecture and considered examples using of it in architecture as a decoratif factor.