THE ARABOGRAPHIC ART OF KAZAN (VOLGA) TATARS AND ITS MODERN TRANSFORMATION
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-4-141-164
Abstract
Islamic Art based on Arabic calligraphy has deep traditions and long millennial history in Tatar milieu. Due to Soviet atheistic propaganda
and state policy of banning Arabic alphabet in 1930-es, the religiously inspired art was going through the process of decline. If the rise of Islamic art on the eve of the 20th century was infl uenced by new ideas of enlightenment, modernization of the religion and development of the Tatar mass media, hundred years later (in
Post-Soviet Russia) emerged the new wave of Islamic Art.
Now we witness fundamental changes in the sphere of Islamic Arts and at its perception as well: instead of folk masters are coming professional artists (who received education during the Soviet period), religious mentality of the Tatar society now plays a minor role and the Arabic graphics itself becomes understandable only by specialists. Islamic Art starts to be less informative but more emotional and visual. Despite of that, the new attitude to the Islamic Art as to the national symbol is forming. For example Islamic
Art in the form of calligraphy — painting on the glass “Shamail” — started to be a national brand. Besides monumental art the new types of Islamic arts are developing, such as Tughra (personal symbolic seal) or Shadjara (artistically decorated family tree). New technologies provided by computer graphics give wide opportunities for the development of Islamic Arts.
About the Author
R. I. SHAMSUTOV
Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil
Engineering
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Art Criticism, senior lecturer, the Chair of Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage and Basic Architectural Science, Institute of Architecture and Design
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SHAMSUTOV R.I. THE ARABOGRAPHIC ART OF KAZAN (VOLGA) TATARS AND ITS MODERN TRANSFORMATION. Islam in the modern world. 2017;13(4):141-164. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-4-141-164
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