CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN MODERN IRAQI PAINTING BETWEEN 1950-1980

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SHARIFIAN SHAKIBA; MOHAMMADZADEH MEHDI; NAEF SILVIA; MEHRAEEN MOSTAFA

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Journal: BAGH-E NAZAR Year:2017 | Volume:14 | Issue:47 Page(s): 43-54

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CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN MODERN IRAQI PAINTING BETWEEN 1950-1980

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SHARIFIAN SHAKIBA | MOHAMMADZADEH MEHDI | NAEF SILVIA | MEHRAEEN MOSTAFA | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

MODERN IRAQI ARTQ1

ISLAMIC ARTQ2

PRE-ISLAMIC ARTQ1

POPULAR CULTUREQ2

MODERN ARTQ1

MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCESQ1

SOCIAL HORIZONQ1

DISCURSIVE CONTEXTQ1

Abstract

Since the early years of 1950, which represent the development period of MODERN IRAQI ART, the “return to the roots” movement has been an impartible mainstream in Iraq. The first generation of MODERN ARTists like Jewad Salim and Shakir Hassan Al-Said considered “cultural continuity” and the link between “tradition and modernity” and “inspiration from heritage1” as the main essence of their artistic creation and bequeathed this approach to their next generation.Having analyzed and described a selection of artworks of MODERN IRAQI ARTists, this paper discusses the evolution of MODERN IRAQI ART, and aims to determine cultural and artistic continuity in modern paintings of Iraq. It also seeks to answer the questions that investigate the socio-cultural factors that underlie the formation of art and establish a link between traditional and modern ideas and lead to continuity in tradition. Therefore, the research hypothesis is put to scrutiny on the basis of Robert wuthnow’s theory.According to Wuthnow, although configuration and the objective production of this movement is rooted in the “mobilization of resources”, the artistic content and approach of the painting movement (i.e. the continuation of the tradition along with addressing modern ideas) is influenced by factors such as “social Horizon”, “existing DISCURSIVE CONTEXT” and “cultural capital” of the painters.Research results that are derived from historical-analytical methods reveal that MODERN IRAQI ARTists used the four Islamic, pre-Islamic or Mesopotamian, modern source and folkloric sources to create paintings which were modern and Iraqi at the same time that could be definitely called “MODERN IRAQI ART”. The impact of these mentioned sources can be seen in form and content or generally in aesthetic values of these works which are obviously traceable in large exaggerated Sumerian eyes, dark and thick tracing lines in Abbasid painting, indigenous colors and amulet, letters, Islamic calligraphy, crescent, dome, and themes of the Karbala incident. It can be asserted that the Iraqi artist depicts the forms and contents that offer a strong link to “place”, which is “Iraq”, as the place is the most important element in maintaining and preserving identity.

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SHARIFIAN, SHAKIBA, MOHAMMADZADEH, MEHDI, NAEF, SILVIA, & MEHRAEEN, MOSTAFA. (2017). CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN MODERN IRAQI PAINTING BETWEEN 1950-1980. BAGH-E NAZAR, 14(47), 43-54. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/356716/en

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SHARIFIAN SHAKIBA, MOHAMMADZADEH MEHDI, NAEF SILVIA, MEHRAEEN MOSTAFA. CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN MODERN IRAQI PAINTING BETWEEN 1950-1980. BAGH-E NAZAR[Internet]. 2017;14(47):43-54. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/356716/en

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SHAKIBA SHARIFIAN, MEHDI MOHAMMADZADEH, SILVIA NAEF, and MOSTAFA MEHRAEEN, “CULTURAL CONTINUITY IN MODERN IRAQI PAINTING BETWEEN 1950-1980,” BAGH-E NAZAR, vol. 14, no. 47, pp. 43–54, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/356716/en

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