The structure of color in Iraqi contemporary painting
The research is an attempt to study the structure of color in the
contemporary Iraqi painting , to fathom the color options ,selections
and use in the structure of the artistic works ,which establish the hierarchy
of the forms of the works .The color strata has been a long time
analyzed and evaluated according to certain values and theories almost
has nothing to do with the process of painting .The time has come to
study the mechanisms of creating the coherent structure of the esthetic
,semantic and creative message .The deep structure and the transformational
component that generate ,stimulate interest and arose esthetic
excitement of the artistic message .
The study falls in four chapters, chapter one devoted to the importance
and the need for the study as well as its objectives which are limited to
the analysis of the paintings, the period of 1950 -1976.The chapter also
includes specifications of the significant idioms of the research.
Chapter two is a theoretical framework .It deals with an introductory
to color theory , which establishes the bases of stretcher of color,
rules and criterions has been formed to read and analyses the visual
texts of the sample. Procedure has been design to select the community
of the research which include (50) works .A sample of (6) works represent
the period and meet the objectives and limitations of the study.
Chapter four is devoted to the findings, conclusions and suggestions.
The most important findings are the following:-
1-It has been dealing with the options and choices on the basis of
intensity saturation and value of the colors to create the shallow depth
,the colors look like to float on the surface of the painting as in the models
(1)(3)(4)(6).
2-The external context has influence the context of painting to the point
that realize the environmental colors, the cast or touch of Ochers has
appeared. The Arabic narrative process simulated in the painting from
righto left, more over the Arabic semantic associated with colors, other
semiotics systems can be noticed in all models except number (1).
The main conclusions are the following:-
1-the positive and negative semantic of colors form a sphere ,the colors
on its tropical circle ,white and black are on poles ,if the selection
from the colors towards the white pole, then it is positive , on the contrary
is negative semantic ,
2-Most paintings with aerial perspective organizes colors from warm
bright ,straight, saturated to cool faded colors as if they use the spectral
colors vertically on the surface of the paintings .
The other use the spectrum in parallel with the surface of the
paintings . |