The structure of Iraqi ceramics before and after the 2003 war

Abstract

Abstract ;‎

       This study deals with an analytical case of the contemporary Iraqi ceramics ‎structure before and beyond the war in 2003. Therefore, the main concepts ‎in this study focus on monitoring the phenomena of intellectual, cultural and ‎social structure of 2003 war period. This has been done by exploration in the ‎format of ceramic artworks. Of course, there has been an ideological and ‎cognitive struggle that oscillates between several types of pressure and ‎references. The most prominent of which were political, economic, ‎environmental, religious and civilizational. All these types of pressure had a ‎clear and significant impact in the formulation of the general thought of the ‎Iraqi society, which shows their impact in the arts in general and ceramic art ‎in particular. In addition to, it’s obvious impact on many aspects of social and ‎cultural life.‎

      Despite all the political and economic transformations before and after the ‎war, the production of works of art was and still is under the pressure of the ‎aesthetic effect which was closely related to the cultural heritage and popular ‎folklore as well as the religious, social, economic and political beliefs. Beside ‎that, artists corresponds to modern and contemporary techniques in the ‎formulation of shape, color, movement, line, texture, type of glass and the ‎nature of burning