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to form representational, geometric and abstract designs. Colored micrography is especially distinctive because these rare artworks are customarily rendered in black and white.
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There is a relationship between this form of art, employing both digital and analogic symbols, and the restrictions on images found in the
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The artwork is created from text that forms an image when viewed at a distance, creating an interplay between the text and image. The
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This article is about images formed with tiny letters. For photography using microscopes, see
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developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam, utilizing minute
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Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, from the Jewish Virtual Library
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Interlaces and Grotesques: the Art of Hebrew Micrography
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Index

Micrograph
Microphotograph

shiviti
menorah
Greek
Jewish
calligrams
Hebrew letters
photomosaic
ASCII art
Calligram

calligram
second commandment
Jewish law
Muslim
Islamic calligraphy
Arabic alphabet
Matthias Buchinger
Torah, Bible, Coran
Micrography: Text Art and Typography
Interlaces and Grotesques: the Art of Hebrew Micrography
A 13th Century Pentateuch
A German Pentateuch, c. 1300
Jewish Theological Seminary exhibit on Micrography
Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, from the Jewish Virtual Library
Micrography - a Jewish art
Categories
Visual arts genres

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