The aesthetics of artistic style in the drawings of the plastic artist Mahmoud Saeed

Abstract

     Abstract

  The current research dealt with (the aesthetics of the artistic style in the drawings of the plastic artist Mahmoud Saeed, through studying the artistic style in the drawings of the plastic artist Mahmoud Saeed. Therefore, the researcher sought in the first chapter to clarify the research problem, which was determined by answering the following question: “What are the aesthetics of the artistic style in the drawings of the plastic artist Mahmoud Saeed?” Hence the importance of the research and the need for it, in addition to the research objective which is represented by the following: “To identify the aesthetics of artistic style in the drawings of the plastic artist Mahmoud Saeed.” Then the researcher concluded the aforementioned chapter by defining the terms that are directly related to the title of the research and its objectives. As for the second chapter, it included a presentation of the theoretical framework and indicators, and it came consisting of two sections. The first section established the style as a concept. As for the second section, it dealt with the artistic features of the drawings of the artist (Mahmoud Saeed) (1897-1964 AD). The third chapter was devoted to monitoring the research community and the tool that included collecting information. A sample of it was adopted intentionally, and it amounted to (5) works that covered the limits of the research by adopting the descriptive analytical method for the purpose of analyzing them according to the axes of the analysis tool that the researcher adopted. As for the fourth chapter, it included the research results, which included: 1- Most of the artist Mahmoud Saeed’s works, with their various themes, carried the Egyptian popular spirit, which was a reflection of his culture and the environment in which he grew up, in addition to his influence by the popular heritage and his connection to the customs and traditions of his society in a clear and direct manner, which became a stylistic feature that distinguished him. 1- The artistic vision of the artist Mahmoud Saeed varied in the structural treatments of the various topics that moved between the realistic, the abstract, the reductive, the expressive, the monstrous, the impressionistic and the futuristic, and it had a great impact on his artistic style, and this indicates the development of the performance style and its strength for the artist.