Intellectual and historical References and their reflections on contemporary applied arts carpets as a model

Document Type : Original Article

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College of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Carpet is an applied category that is distinguished by many civilized peoples in the world, especially those peoples that enjoy a great cultural heritage rich in historical vocabulary and civilized symbols that suggest human connotations that emphasized the power of thought and thinking of civilized people and in turn sought to devise those symbols in contemporary applied arts Today, in its various forms and functions. The uses of these symbols have had a very important impact in emphasizing the value of the historical and cultural symbol in contemporary carpet design. Through the foregoing, the research problem can be identified by asking the following question: What are the intellectual and historical implications by deducing the historical symbol in contemporary carpet design?

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