Round 6: Tossup 5

The graffiti artist Neils Meulman, or “Shoe,” promotes this art form in street art. Rhombic dots are a measure for “proportional” styles of this art form like Thuluth and Naskh. Styles of this art (15[1])form like Rotunda and Fraktur trace back to Carolingian minuscule. Practitioners (15[1])of this art form in China follow (15[1])the Eight Principles of Yong (15[1])to perfect common (*) strokes, (10[1])and (10[1])also study stroke (10[1])order. (10[1])Religious restrictions against (10[1])iconography led to the popularity of this art form, (10[1])whose Kufic style is (10[1])frequently used in the Quran. The Saudi Arabian flag (10[1])depicts a sword and, for 10 points, what art form whose name means (10[1])“beautiful writing?” (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

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