Amazigh art as an inspiration source for contemporary interior murals made of glass and fabrics

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts - Department of Textile Printing, Dyeing and Finishing (Banha University)

2 Professor in Glass Department - Faculty of Applied Arts Helwan University

Abstract

Abstract:
The original Amazigh art is the art of indigenous people of North Africa, especially Morocco. Amazigh is also part of the population of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, northern Mali, northern Niger and a small part of western Egypt represented in (Siwa Oasis).
The Amazigh art is characterized by its originality, richness and the ability to express ethnic identity through its forms, signs and writing, which are clearly found in textiles and jewelry. The Amazigh women are considered to be the most conservative, notary and implementers of this type of art. It is therefore a source of renewed inspiration for the contemporary artist who can deal with it in new ways and with different and contemporary visions in the interior architecture murals.
Keywords: The Amazigh art, Interior murals, Contemporary murals, Interdisciplinary studies, Glass murals, fabrics murals & printed fabrics murals.
Statement of the problem:
- How to use the two materials (fabrics and glass), completely different in Characteristics, then merge them together to create contemporary design murals inspired from (Amazigh art) in which the aesthetic and creative form is achieved by mixing these two totally different materials in (nature, Characteristics, application and implementation) to create the contemporary murals.
Aims & Objectives of the research:
- To benefit from the integration of the two materials (glass and fabrics) to make contemporary interior murals innovative and inspired by the (Amazigh) art.
- Development of the innovation process and enrich it, through upgrading of Interdisciplinary studies between the different fields.
Important of the research (Significance):
- Creating contemporary interior murals inspired by the (Amazigh) art, combining the two materials (glass and fabrics) in an innovative style.
- Trying application and implementation the two materials (glass and fabrics) to create contemporary murals and distinctive artistic designs, in which the optimum utilization of the nature of the two materials to achieve excellence for the implemented works, whose results cannot be reached if only one of them is used.

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