Monday Week Work

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Monday Week Work

• Define literacy

• What is Iraq’s literacy rate

• What is a demographic?

The Arts

• Islamic tradition forbids visual art in which Allah or living people are represented

• Arab artist often express themselves through decorative art

Calligraphy

• Writing so beautiful that it can becomes art• Ornate writing often proverbs that can be

used to decorate every day items• Proverb:a short popular saying, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful though

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Arabic Proverbs

• Tougher than a stone• There's always tomorrow• Anger begins with madness and ends with regret

Calligraphy• Often displayed on wood,

paper, or inscribed into metal

• Often difficult to make out exact words because of ornate pattern

• Often Qur’an verses

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Harvard Outline

• http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/cultureart.html

• Islamic Art

Week Work Tues

• What is a proverb?

• List a proverb?

• What is calligraphy

Geometric Art• Geometric: consisting of, or based on,

shapes such as circles, squares, or straight lines

• Uses forms to create complex patterns• Theses patterns are used to make

decorative wall tiles, doorways, and art pieces

• Patterns inscribed on household items and clothing

Polygon

• A polygon is a closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others

Architecture

• Mosque are most lasting example of Arabic architecture

• Domes

• Minarets generally tall spires with onion-shaped crowns

Ramadan Mosque Baghdad

Askariya in Samarra June 23, 2006

Tomb of Ali in Najaf

Samarra

Shrine of Ali

40,000 golden tiles

• Make A Calligraphy Project. Select a favorite quote, proverb, or short poem and create a calligraphy art piece on one side of the paper

Create an 8 squared geometric pattern on the opposite side of the paper

Art Project

Week Work Wed

• Draw 3 polygons

• Define Minaret

Power Point

• War threatens to destroy many historical artifacts. Visit the website http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/ and create a power point w/ pictures and information on why the war could pose a risk to these artifacts. Be sure to include info from the site and pictures of the endangered artifacts

Literacy 58% rate

• Naman Hadi • [Uprooted]Oil on canvas• 1984Naman HadiParis,France

Al Mutanabbi Street

• Main literature street in Baghdad

Brain drain- rapid fleeing of educated from Iraq

• Heart of Iraqi culture

Education

• Operating at 80% of prewar level • Epic Poem: A long and highly stylized

narrative poem celebrating the heroic achievements of its hero

• Epic of Gilgamesh • Oldest written creation story• Tells story of Gilgamesh a Sumerian

• Read Gilgamesh summary and complete epic poem sheet

Week Work Fri

• What is a brain drain?

• What was Gilgamesh?

• Why was it an epic poem?

Harvard Outline

• Pg 82-91

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