The Aesthetic Values Of The Hieroglyphic Line And Its Use In The Treatment Of Metal Surfaces

Each nation has its own language that it cherishes and is part of its civilization and heritage. Calligraphy is its speaking guide and its communication tool closely related to the transmission of its ideas and the expression of these ideas. Hieroglyphs and their letters possess an aesthetic feature in which the genius of a nation was manifested. One of those lines is the hieroglyphic line, which is not just a field of art that is concerned with designing writing and displaying it in a visually appropriate manner.

The hieroglyphic line, in particular, is one of the plastic forms that have an important role in crystallizing the artistic emotions and improving the aesthetic vision. The writing of hieroglyphs and its letters has an aesthetic advantage that is manifested in the ability to innovate and create. Which made it rich in artistic and aesthetic values and the indications that can be obtained from it in enriching the field of minerals.

And by presenting the above and according to a contemporary intellectual vision that relies on evoking the aesthetic and creative values of one of the most important ancient heritage arts, which is the hieroglyphic line, and comparing it with the rest of the ancient Egyptian lines to show that aesthetic value, the researcher tried to shed more light on the importance of returning to the aesthetic values of this distinctive heritage with a reformulation. This line in new artistic formations reflects the colors of reality and shades of modernity. by taking advantage of the flexibility of the letters of the ancient hieroglyphic script in forming many innovative artistic designs and benefiting from them in treating the surface through the use of the two techniques of sawing and engraving with zincography (recessed - prominent) to implement metal artifacts in an attempt to achieve new artistic plastic entrances that enrich the field of metalworking, and contribute to Dyeing the Arab heritage with the color of modernity and reviving it in a contemporary garment that helps spread it among the cultures of the modern world.



Research problem:

- What is the possibility of benefiting from the aesthetic values of the hieroglyphic line in treating the surface of the metal artifact?