Interaction of Structure and Style in CursiveNastaliqManuscripts of Shafia, Darvish &Golestaneh

This article seeks to study the interaction of structure and style in CursiveNastaliq to better recognize the artistic values in cursive writings of masters: Mirzashafi Hussein (Shfia)، DarwishAbdolmajidTaleghani and SeyedAliakbarGolestaneh. In the process of conducting this researcha great deal of published material has been studied anddescriptive and analytic methods have been used. The final and narrative evaluation is done through two methods of corresponding similar features in the studied material and comparing dominant factors of structure and style in calligraphy of Cursive Nastaliq، meaning a study into the principles and styles of the outstanding works of thesecalligraphers. Qualitative method has been used to analyzethe data. The results of this article show that although in the era of cursive style formation، the tendency toward the characteristic principles had been dominant، in the works of the master calligraphers inquestion، new symbols bearing aesthetic sense are apparent، which are obviously extent in the phase of cursive style formation، and despite the stabilization of the main structure of this script،it is refined againin CursiveNastaliq. This is an indication of the many interactions among characteristics of the principles and styles in this script، revealing visual similarities in the existing works، among which several cases have been selected and analyzed to demonstrate the changes proficiently. Since the author was faced with some instances with different structures and more potential than othersbecause of their more delicate calligraphy، careful and proficient selection of works was required. After the first stage of selection، works were processed with regard to their effectiveness on latter changes in cursive writing.