Introduction to Calligraphy

Overview

“In this lesson, I want to share with you which disciplines and artists have influenced my artistic path and have in some way changed or enriched my style. The person who had the greatest impact on me was certainly a left-handed calligrapher, from whom I learned that, despite the difficulties, I too could have taken this path. Music has also always been one of the things that has accompanied me throughout my journey. I speak in particular of classical music, which has a relaxing rhythm and melodies and some relationship to calligraphy in terms of movement and rhythm. I'll also tell you how mathematics and geometry were fundamental to my training as a calligrapher, and I'll also introduce you to another master calligrapher: Jake Weidmann.”

In this video lesson Giorgio Gaetani addresses the topic: Inspirations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Calligraphy. Explore the rules of calligraphy writing by learning to compose words and phrases in an elegant and timeless style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Inspirations In this lesson I want to share with you the artists and the disciplines that have influenced my artistic path. The first artist I want to tell you about it's very important for me, this is John DeCollibus. John DeCollubus was president of the Iampeth which is the American Association of Calligraphy Teachers, one of the most important associations in the world. And the peculiarity of DeCollibus is the fact that it is left-handed. And in fact she was one of the first people that I have discovered that he wrote with his left hand. So for me it had a very important influence becaus...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Calligraphy

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 24 lessons (5h 18m)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy