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The earliest forms of writing were composed of graphic symbols used to express ideas and communicate. Examples include cave paintings, Mesopotamian writing on clay tablets, Egyptian hieroglyphics. East Asian cultures consider calligraphy an elevated art form valued for its beauty and practical communication uses. Calligraphers are believed to be highly disciplined due to years of repetitive practice required to learn.

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Monthly Updates: Earliest Forms of Writing

The earliest forms of writing were composed of graphic symbols used to express ideas and communicate. Examples include cave paintings, Mesopotamian writing on clay tablets, Egyptian hieroglyphics. East Asian cultures consider calligraphy an elevated art form valued for its beauty and practical communication uses. Calligraphers are believed to be highly disciplined due to years of repetitive practice required to learn.

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Monthly Updates

MICROSOFT TEAMS

FORMS
EARLIEST

G
OF WRITIN

The earliest forms of writing were


composed of graphic symbols used
to express ideas and communicate.
Examples of these systems include
cave paintings during the Ice Age,
Mesopotamian and Sumerian
EAST ASIAN

writing on clay tablets, cuneiform, CALLIGRAPHY


and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
East Asian cultures—Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean—consider
calligraphy as an elevated form of
art. It is valued not just for its
beauty, but also for its practical use
for communication and
documentation. Practitioners of
brush calligraphy are also believed
to be highly disciplined due to years
of repetitive practice while learning.

FORMS
EARLIEST

G
OF WRITIN

The earliest forms of writing were


composed of graphic symbols used
to express ideas and communicate.
Examples of these systems include
cave paintings during the Ice Age,
Mesopotamian and Sumerian
writing on clay tablets, cuneiform,
and Egyptian hieroglyphics. EAST ASIA
N

CALLIGRAP
HY

East Asian cultures—Chine


se,
Japanese, and Korean—co
nsider
calligraphy as an elevated
form of
art. It is valued not just for
its
beauty, but also for its prac
tical use
for communication and
documentation. Practition
ers of
brush calligraphy are also
believed
to be highly disciplined du
e to years
of repetitive practice while
learning.

INFORMATION SOURCES
Turner, Eric Gardner , Barbour, Ruth , Nash, Ray , Williams, Robert , Pinder-Wilson, Ralph H. , Brown, T. Julian and Anderson, Donald M.. "Calligraphy".
Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Feb. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/art/calligraphy. Accessed 19 February 2021.
White, Claire. “Brief History of Calligraphy.” The Serif, 11 Oct. 2020, theserif.net/calligraphy/history-calligraphy/.
Lettering Daily. “The Difference Between Hand Lettering And Calligraphy?” Lettering Daily, Lettering Daily, 16 Sept. 2020, www.lettering-daily.com/difference-
between-hand-lettering-and-calligraphy/.

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