The Ornamental Characteristics ofthe Traditional Doors in Holy Karbala City

Abstract

AbstractThe present research has four sections . Section one tackled theproblem , the importance , the aim and the limits of the research togetherwith specifying the terms used . The problem of the study had asits concerns the characteristics of the ornamental units f the traditionaldoors the holy Karbala City through raising the following questions:1- What are the characteristics of the ornament done on the raditionaldoors in holy Karbala City ?2-What are the items and the material used in the structure of the designof the ornament ?3- what is the role of the structural constructional links of the ornamentunits of these traditional doors .The present research aimed at showing the characteristics of theornamental units of the tra7ditional doors of the holy Karbala city . Besides, the study was limited to studying the characteristics of the ornamentalunits of the traditional doors of the holy Karbala city for the period( 1890 – the beginning of 1960 s ) . The study included ( Bab Al- Khan ,Bab Attaq , Al – Burjah , Ujaisah and Bab Al- Sidrah ) . The terms usedin the research were also specified .Section two dealt with the theoretical framework; it included threesubsections . the first dealt with the raw materials used in the traditionaldoors while the second was concerned with the basic materials of thetraditional doors followed by the third subsections which talked the typesof the ornamental units . Section two ended with giving and discussingم . م . ضياء حمود محمد الاعرجي30the most important previous studies .Section three , on the other hand , dealt with the procedures followedwhich included the society of the research which consisted of (15)samples . (5) samples were chosen on purpose to achieve the goalof the research . The researcher adopted an analytical descriptive approachin analyzing the samples of the research . Section four includeda number of results obtained among which are the following :1- The present study concluded that all the samples of the researchused the geometric botanic units in the traditional doors .2- Human ornamental units were not seen in all the samples of the research.The researcher came out with some conclusions followed by somesuggestions together with bibliography and appendices .

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Abstract / The present research has four sections . Section one tackled the problem, the importance, the aim and the limits of the research together with specifying the terms used . The problem of the study had as its concerns the characteristics of the ornamental units f the traditional doors the holy Karbala City through raising the following questions: 1- What are the characteristics of the ornament done on the raditional doors in holy Karbala City ? 2-What are the items and the material used in the structure of the design of the ornament ? 3- what is the role of the structural constructional links of the ornament units of these traditional doors . The present research aimed at showing the characteristics of the ornamental units of the tra7ditional doors of the holy Karbala city . Besides, the study was limited to studying the characteristics of the ornamental units of the traditional doors of the holy Karbala city for the period, 1890 – the beginning of 1960 s . The study included, Bab Al- Khan, Bab Attaq, Al – Burjah, Ujaisah and Bab Al- Sidrah . The terms used in the research were also specified . Section two dealt with the theoretical framework, it included three subsections . the first dealt with the raw materials used in the traditional doors while the second was concerned with the basic materials of the traditional doors followed by the third subsections which talked the types of the ornamental units . Section two ended with giving and discussing م . م . ضياء حمود محمد الاعرجي 30 the most important previous studies . Section three, on the other hand, dealt with the procedures followed which included the society of the research which consisted of, 15 samples ., 5 samples were chosen on purpose to achieve the goal of the research . The researcher adopted an analytical descriptive approach in analyzing the samples of the research . Section four included a number of results obtained among which are the following : 1- The present study concluded that all the samples of the research used the geometric botanic units in the traditional doors . 2- Human ornamental units were not seen in all the samples of the research . The researcher came out with some conclusions followed by some suggestions together with bibliography and appendices .