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Monday Week Work

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.

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Monday Week Work

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  1. Monday Week Work • Define literacy • What is Iraq’s literacy rate • What is a demographic?

  2. The Arts • Islamic tradition forbids visual art in which Allah or living people are represented • Arab artist often express themselves through decorative art

  3. 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

  4. Peace

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

  6. 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

  7. Harvard Outline • http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/cultureart.html • Islamic Art

  8. Week Work Tues • What is a proverb? • List a proverb? • What is calligraphy

  9. 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

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

  11. Architecture • Mosque are most lasting example of Arabic architecture • Domes • Minarets generally tall spires with onion-shaped crowns

  12. Ramadan Mosque Baghdad

  13. Askariya in Samarra June 23, 2006

  14. Tomb of Ali in Najaf

  15. Samarra

  16. Shrine of Ali40,000 golden tiles

  17. Art Project • Make A Calligraphy Project. Select a favorite quote, proverb, or short poem and create a calligraphy art piece on one side of the paperCreate an 8 squared geometric pattern on the opposite side of the paper

  18. Week Work Wed • Draw 3 polygons • Define Minaret

  19. 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

  20. Literacy 58% rate • Naman Hadi • [Uprooted]Oil on canvas • 1984Naman HadiParis,France

  21. Al Mutanabbi Street • Main literature street in Baghdad Brain drain- rapid fleeing of educated from Iraq • Heart of Iraqi culture

  22. 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

  23. Read Gilgamesh summary and complete epic poem sheet

  24. Week Work Fri • What is a brain drain? • What was Gilgamesh? • Why was it an epic poem?

  25. Harvard Outline • Pg 82-91

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