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
Peace
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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
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Polygon
• A polygon is a closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others
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Architecture
• Mosque are most lasting example of Arabic architecture
• Domes
• Minarets generally tall spires with onion-shaped crowns
Ramadan Mosque Baghdad
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Askariya in Samarra June 23, 2006
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Tomb of Ali in Najaf
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Samarra
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Shrine of Ali
40,000 golden tiles
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• 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
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Al Mutanabbi Street
• Main literature street in Baghdad
Brain drain- rapid fleeing of educated from Iraq
• Heart of Iraqi culture
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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
King
• 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