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calligraphy

Italian translation: bellezza delle linee

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English term or phrase:calligraphy
Italian translation:bellezza delle linee
Entered by: StefanoFarris

17:21 Mar 24, 2016
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Architecture / si parla della torre Qutab Minar
English term or phrase: calligraphy
Its intricate carvings, **calligraphy** and projected balconies reveal a piece of Indian history.
Diego Sibilia
Italy
Local time: 12:54
bellezza delle linee
Explanation:
È uno dei significati dell'Inglese CALLIGRAPHY...
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StefanoFarris
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Local time: 06:54
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3 +2bellezza delle linee
StefanoFarris
5calligrafia (araba)
Shera Lyn Parpia
3la bellezza della composizione
iacoponinni


  

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bellezza delle linee


Explanation:
È uno dei significati dell'Inglese CALLIGRAPHY...

StefanoFarris
United States
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agree  Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano: E infatti è esattamente il significato etimologico del termine greco originario. Volendo anche "eleganza".
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agree  zerlina
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calligrafia (araba)


Explanation:
Essendo costruito dai reggenti mussulmani, è pieno di calligrafia araba/coranica.
Il riferimento non può significare altro.

vedi per esempio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_Minar

e guarda le foto sotto:
Inscription panels of Kufic calligraphy running around the ornate balcony

Quranic Calligraphy on Qutub Minar - Picture of Qutab Minar ...
https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirect... - Traduci questa pagina
Qutab Minar, New Delhi Picture: Quranic Calligraphy on Qutub Minar - Check out TripAdvisor members' 31217 candid photos and videos.
Closer view of the calligraphy


Qutb Minar Complex, Delhi - Islamic Arts and Architecture
islamic-arts.org/2012/qutb-minar-complex-delhi/
Traduci questa pagina
27 mag 2012 - Qutb Minar is perhaps the tallest brick minaret in the world, inspired ... Calligraphic inscriptions form regular bands throughout the Qutb Minar.

Minareto di Jam - Wikipedia
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minareto_di_Jam
... di calligrafia Kūfī e Naskhī, disegni geometrici e versetti tratti dal Corano. ... Si pensa che esso abbia ispirato la costruzione del Qutb Minar a Delhi, il più alto ...



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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-03-25 07:24:27 GMT)
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BTW, look at the dictionary meaning of calligraphy- there can be no doubt about what it refers to:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/calligraphy
cal·lig·ra·phy (kə-lĭg′rə-fē)
n.
1.
a. The art of fine handwriting.
b. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group.
2. Handwriting.
[French calligraphie, from Greek kalligraphiā, beautiful writing : kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + -graphiā, -graphy.]

Shera Lyn Parpia
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la bellezza della composizione


Explanation:
L'architettura moghul si caratterizza sia per la presenza di caratteri arabi incisi, intagliati o disegnati, ma anche per la precisione delle forme e della suddivisione degli elementi (finestre, marcapiano, portali...). In mancanza di un riferimento preciso io tradurrei così.


iacoponinni
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