the aesthetics of Omani portraiture using stencil and silkscreen styles among students of the Art Education Department at Sultan Qaboos University
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35560/jcofarts1293Keywords:
Portrait, stencil, silk screen, portrait artAbstract
The art of portraits is considered one of the most prominent branches of the visual arts that is rich in expressive creativity, and one of the most indicative of the features of national identity, whether through facial expressions, or through the association of some features with distinct ethnic characteristics with the cultural and popular heritage of a particular civilizational composition. As well as fashion and ornamental styles that complement the portrait.
In addition to the impact of the aforementioned considerations in enriching the ideas of portrait artists, and providing them with a visual repertoire that is capable of countless manipulations and formulations that are open to all trends, artistic styles, and technical performances, in various fields of art, they also represent important sources for re-examining the features of environmental and cultural identity and ethnicity with its associated symbols and connotations.
Therefore, approaching the art of portraiture from this angle was a study capable of revealing some of the most important motives that lead artists to be inspired by topics and ideas closely related to the art of the portrait, as well as to clarify the ways in which these works would include within them values that go beyond the apparent aesthetic level, to a level deeper is related to the concept of identity as a general framework for each culture with its own particularity.
This research focuses mainly on portrait works carried out using some printmaking media. It aims to approach some of the most prominent aesthetic characteristics of contemporary portrait art in the Sultanate of Oman - which researchers use the term (Omani portraiture) to refer to in the research - through analyzing a group of printmaking artworks, produced by a number of students from the Department of Art Education at Sultan Qaboos University in the graphics course
References
-Ahmed, A. Belbashir, A (2020) Portraiture in Fine Art: A semiotic and critical study of the duality of the aesthetic and functional dimensions, Journal of Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Research and Development of Human Subjects, vol. 3, no. 3, June, p. 407-375.
- Hassan, Ragab (2021) Artworks of Contemporary Portrait Art: An Innovative Quote Source for Fashion Designers, Journal of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Arab Society for Islamic Civilization and Arts, Issue 29, September, p. 135- 119
- Hamdy, G (2017) Experimental approaches to pairing Between Islamic decorations and the art of visual deception to enrich printing curtains (an experimental study), Cairo University, Faculty of Specific Education, unpublished master’s thesis
- Mongy, Y. Al-Mamari, B (2023). The Jungian symbolic connotations of the human self’s relationship with circular shapes, and their manifestations in the visual arts: (an interpretive (hermeneutic) approach). Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, (95), 221-253. https://doi.org/10.33193/JALHSS.95.2023.896
- Mongy, Y. (2006). Graphic treatment of the idea of Satan and symbols of unseen evil forces (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Egypt.
- Mongy, Y., Al-Hajri, S ., & Al Saadi, N. . (2021). Inspiring heritage and symbols of local identity in contemporary Omani Graphic Art. Al-Academy, (102), 81–104. https://doi.org/10.35560/jcofarts102/81-104
- Mongy, Y., Shousha, F., Fadl, S. (2016). Glossary of Fine Arts “mʿǧm mṣṭlḥāt ālfnwn ālǧmyla”, Cairo: The Committee of “Civilization Terms”, Academy of Arabic Language.
- Mohamed, N (2002) New experimental approaches to printing wall hangings with silk screen printing, inspired by the experimental school, Master’s thesis, Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt
- Mohsen, N (2023) Combining the two methods of silk-screen printing and thermal transfer to produce contemporary hangings inspired by popular art, Scientific Journal of the Al-Amsia Misr Association (Education through Art), Volume 9, Issue 33, 148 -172
- Okasha, T. (1987). Renaissance Arts - Renaissance. Cairo: Egyptian General Book Authority.
- Shaker, S (2021) The plastic and conceptual dimensions of contemporary portraiture as a means of confirming cultural identity .Journal of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Arab Society for Islamic Civilization and Arts, Volume 28, 326- 342.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Najlaa Al Saadi, Yasser Mongy, Eslam Heiba , Badar Almamri , Salman Al Hajri
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
