A calligram is a group of words arranged in a special way to create a picture that relates to the topic. It can be a poem, a short sentence, part of a religious text, or even a single word. The way the words are written might use special styles, such as curved lines or paragraphs shaped like objects. The picture made by the words can show what the text says, something closely connected to it, or even something opposite. It can also add new ideas or meanings to the text.
Writers
Guillaume Apollinaire was a famous writer of calligrams and the author of a book of poems called Calligrammes.
José Juan Tablada wrote a book of calligrams in Spanish. The book is called Li-Po y otros poemas.
Gallery
- A picture of a tiger made using Arabic writing
- A picture of a snake made using Georgian writing
- A calligram showing the Eiffel Tower created by Guillaume Apollinaire
- A large calligram displayed at the Valencian Museum of Ethnology
- A large calligram titled "Biblical Cosmography," showing the Bible written in Latin by Gianluca Bosi
- A calligrapher working on a school wall to create art with writing