The Feminine Art in Iraqi Kurdistan Formalistic Characters and Contents

Abstract

The research aims at discovering the formal characteristics and contents of the feminine art in Iraqi Kurdistan in the period (1994-2008). The researcher followed the analytic descriptive method.The sample of the research consisted of (21) female artist. They were chosen intentionally according to their artistic activity and specialty, and (22) of their paintings were chosen also intentionally. These paintings were analyzed according to a form made of (9) units which comprise: Shape, composition, style, Lines, space, the space-shape relation, techniques content ،and the shape –content relation. The results showed that each of the organic shapes (human), the rhythmic composition (the horizontal and the central), the expressive style, the curved lines, traditional painting techniques and the direct contents were in the first rank in the painting of the sample. A number of recommendations and suggestions were presented