Written work arranged in a way that creates a visual image
This article is about the type of artwork. For the collection of poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, see Calligrammes. For "Calligrams", the NYRB book series on China, see New York Review Books.
Calligram in French by Guillaume Apollinaire describing and visually representing his lover. Parts of the face's image (such as the hat, eye, nose, mouth, neck) each use words associated specifically with that part.
A calligram is a set of words arranged in such a way that it forms a thematically related image. It can be a poem, a phrase, a portion of scripture, or a single word; the visual arrangement can rely on certain use of the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting, for instance along non-parallel and curved text lines, or in shaped paragraphs. The image created by the words illustrates the text by expressing visually what it says, or something closely associated; it can also, on purpose, show something contradictory with the text or otherwise be misleading, or can contribute additional thoughts and meanings to the text.
A calligram is a set of words arranged in such a way that it forms a thematically related image. It can be a poem, a phrase, a portion of scripture, or...
in the meaning of each poem as the words themselves – a form called a calligram. In this sense, the collection can be seen as either concrete poetry or...
small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam...
Guillaume Apollinaire wrote a nationalist poem in the shape of the tower (a calligram) to express his feelings about the war against Germany. Today, it is widely...
illustrated by Clive Barker, features an ambigram of the title on its cover. A calligram is text arranged in such a way that it forms a thematically related image...
columns, enjambments, and "architectural calligrams"—are generally used as decorative elements. Kufic calligrams, particularly of the words "blessing" (بركة...
Secrets from 2015 until 2016. He is a co-founder of the production company Calligram Pictures. Taylor Glockner was born in Brisbane. He attended Anglican Church...
Klose, Kneebone, Alice Lang, Richard Lewer, Sera Waters, and many others. Calligram Kinetic typography – animations involving moving text Micrography Benson...
some poems previously published in "Musa Joven" as well as his first calligram, "Triángulo armónico" ("Harmonic Triangle"). In 1913, along with Carlos...
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treasured by many Dadaists, was probably connected with Apollinaire's calligrams, and with his announcement that "Man is in search of a new language."...
using calligraphy. Known as "calligrams", these images depicted a number of subjects. One such subject was ships, with calligrams of ships being especially...
well as the more overt visual signals generated by the poem's layout. Calligram Carmen figuratum List of concrete and visual poets Lyco art Something...
based in Geneva. The son of Claude Gallimard, he founded the éditions Calligram in 1992 at Geneva, which publish the Max et Lili [fr] series among others...
Taiwanese poetry, Chin Lien’s experiments with "poetry film" (電影詩) and "calligram" (圖像詩) were notable achievements, though are often overlooked. When Taiwanese...
[citation needed][further explanation needed] Pictorial texts also known as calligrams arranged in mirror symmetry were popular in the Ottoman Empire during...
are filled with arabesques (for the side arches) and with a repeating calligram in "knotted" Kufic (for the central arch). Above this runs another small...
poetry that presupposes a viewer as well as a reader". Asemic writing Calligram Digital poetry Haptic poetry List of concrete and visual poets Something...
period to use in modern printing. He has created some calligraphy and calligram artworks in this manner in Kurdish language. Hiwa Pashaei has created...
Muslim world, has also its figurative side due to anthropo- and zoomorphic calligrams. A number of verses in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) refer to prohibitions...
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