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The art historian, Nada Shabout, notes that the destruction of Iraqi art in the period after 2003, assumed both tangible and intangible forms. Not only were the artworks and art institutions looted or destroyed, but art production also suffered from the lack of availability of art materials and the loss of many intellectuals, including artists ...
Said provided evidence that Baghdadi was the earliest Iraqi artist to combine the Eastern tradition of miniature art with Western art methods, thereby predating the modern Iraq art movement by almost a century. [2] He was a Sufi (Muslim mystic) of the Mawlawi order, [3] who was a master calligrapher in the Persian tradition. [4]
Salīm, N., Iraq: Contemporary Art, Volume 1, Sartec, 1977; Mathaf Encyclopedia of Modern Art and the Islamic World, Online: Shabout, N., "Ghosts of Futures Past: Iraqi Culture in a State of Suspension," in Denise Robinson, Through the Roadbloacks: Realities in Raw Motion, [Conference Reader], School of Fine Arts, Cyprus University, (23-25 ...
Iraqi art (3 C, 10 P) C. Cinema of Iraq (6 C, 2 P) D. Iraqi design (1 C) L. Iraqi literature (8 C, 7 P) O. Arts organizations based in Iraq (1 C) P. Performing arts ...
An artist, philosopher, art critic and art historian, he was actively involved in the formation of two important art groups that influenced the direction of post-colonial art in Iraq. He, and the art groups in which he was involved, shaped the modern Iraqi art movement and bridged the gap between modernity and heritage.
leading up to the present. The maqam al-Iraqi is considered to be the most noble and perfect form of maqam. Al-maqam al-Iraqi is the collection of sung, poems written either in one of the sixteen meters of classical Arabic or in Iraqi dialect (Zuhayri). This Form of art is recognised by UNESCO as "an intangible heritage of humanity". [18]
Ashaar Baghdad ('Baghdad's Poetry') is a public monument in Baghdad, created by the sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat (1929–2011) and inaugurated in 2013. It appears as a golden globe, bearing Arabic letters that have been squeezed together and distorted to form the spherical shape.
Hafidh al-Droubi (1914-1991) was an Iraqi painter and draughtsman, noted for his Cubist paintings and for his approach to professionalizing Iraqi art education in the early to mid 20th-century. He was a prolific painter, an important artist in the Pioneer generation, a key figure in the development of modernism in Iraq and a key figure in the ...