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[[File:A shiviti, Denmark.jpg|thumb|A [[shiviti]] from Denmark, with Hebrew text in the shape of a [[Menorah (Temple)|menorah]].]]<br />
'''Micrography''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]], literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called '''microcalligraphy''', is a [[Jew]]ish form of [[calligram]]s developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam,<ref>[http://expositions.bnf.fr/parole/grand/134.htm Torah, Bible, Coran] (French)</ref> utilizing minute [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew letters]] to form representational, geometric and abstract designs. Colored micrography is especially distinctive because these rare artworks are customarily rendered in black and white.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
The artwork is created from text that forms an image when viewed at a distance, creating an interplay between the text and image. The [[photomosaic]], whose tiny individual images form a mosaic when viewed from a distance, is a modern analogue. Another modern analogue is [[ASCII art]], where ASCII or extended ASCII characters are arranged to form an image on a computer screen and/or printout.<br />
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== Motivation ==<br />
{{see also|Calligram}}<br />
[[File:Caligrafia arabe pajaro.jpg|thumb|An Arabic [[calligram]] in the form of a peacock.]]<br />
There is a relationship between this form of art, employing both digital and analogic symbols, and the restrictions on images found in the [[Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image|second commandment]]. Micrography provides a unique solution to the visual artist who wishes to remain devout in observation of [[Jewish law]], by using only text, not images per se. As similar restrictions exist in certain [[Islam|Muslim]] societies, this solution has been adapted in [[Islamic calligraphy]] to the [[Arabic alphabet]] as well.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Matthias Buchinger]]<br />
* [[Los Angeles Pop Art]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200728152549/https://gawno.com/2009/05/micrography-text-art-and-typography/ Micrography: Text Art and Typography]<br />
* Leila Avrin, [http://www.jhom.com/topics/letters/micrography.html Interlaces and Grotesques: the Art of Hebrew Micrography], Jewish Heritage Online Magazine<br />
* [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/prophpent.html A 13th Century Pentateuch] British Library, BL Add. MS 21160<br />
* [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/germanpent.html A German Pentateuch, c. 1300] British Library, BL Add. MS 15282<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111128003333/http://www.jtsa.edu/prebuilt/exhib/microg/index.shtml Jewish Theological Seminary exhibit on Micrography]<br />
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/Micrography.html Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, from the Jewish Virtual Library]<br />
* Dalia-Ruth Halperin, [https://www.bl.uk/hebrew-manuscripts/articles/micrography-a-jewish-art Micrography - a Jewish art], British Library Hebrew manuscripts project. Accessed 2016-05-25.<br />
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[[Category:Visual arts genres]]<br />
[[Category:Jewish art]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic calligraphy]]<br />
[[Category:Hebrew calligraphy]]<br />
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