EXPRESSION OF ARTISTES IN PAINTINGS: PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF WRITERS AND PAINTER OF ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY ART AND JAWI SCRIPT

Abstract

 Islamic calligraphy works are the outcome of artwork that looks beautiful and interesting that is produced through the creativity of the painter by using painting equipment. The artistic creativity of Islamic calligraphy continues to exist and develops in the Malay land which is not merely as an ornament and artwork, but it has even been a masterpiece of art produced through the expression of the soul that affects the psychologist's personal psychology in writing and painting, resulting in artistic and aesthetic works as the pattern, symbol, and philosophy of a nation. In addition, Islamic calligraphy works have been done as unique artistic representations expressed through culture, customs and the environment that underlie the existence of the philosophy of Islamic art. The development of artworks in Malaysia is also developed through various forms of khat as a channel of art by combining the competence, skills, and symbols of the identity of the Malays that reflect the life and culture of the individual or society. In conclusion, this study illustrates the psychological expression of a writer and artist of Islamic calligraphy as an effort to know the artist's experience of producing various works of Islamic art and painting in Malaysia, as well as being a discourse of knowledge that can reveal the wealth of treasures and Islamic heritage of Islamic society in the archipelago.