Design
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Chairs And Thrones in Zagros from The Second Millennium B.C.
Darya Siamend Mamend, Kozad Mohamed Ahmed
This research is an unveil of the photographic documents on the chairs and thrones of some specific areas in the Zagros, we have selected the best examples among them and analyzed the structure of their designs, from this point of view the history of the beginning of our predecessor’s power can be identified and revealed clearly, by depending on the sites left on the archaeological remains, we have shown the different designs of chairs and thrones in the area. In spite of the fact that the region has experienced many political changes in the second millennium BC, it has always stood against attacks and occupations by the powerful states of Mesopotamia at the time, precisely the Assyrian state, but the carved sites on the (milestones on the stones in the foot of the mountains, metal pieces and seals, are undeniable evidence of the power of the Zagros peoples and the sitting of their kings, emir and rulers on the chairs thrones of kingdom, these sites are often recorded with cuneiform inscriptions containing the names of gods, kings and rulers, which gives us a clearer understanding of the siting people on the chairs and thrones
Volume 12 · Issue 3 · June 2025Depiction of Kurdish clothing in paintings by artists from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Payam Rebwar hamasalih, Nabaz Abdullatif
In this research, the researcher has worked on investigating about Kurdish design clothes and its reflections especially in contemporary art in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This research presents the basic concept of authenticity in Kurdish fashion design and its characteristics. This research contains four chapters. The first one of the research is devoted to the general framework of the research, which is containing the Research problem and the main questions, such as presenting the issue of authenticity and arguing the reasons behind the unique form of Kurdish clothing design and the differences with neighborhood countries, as well as presenting a central question about the factors of reflecting Kurdish clothing design within contemporary painting in Kurdistan Region. The first section also includes terms and glossary definition, according to the definition of words in the linguistic context in addition to the concepts definition of the term, in the field of its usage and to be matching the procedures of the recent research. While the second chapter of this research is devoted to the theoretical framework of the research, which consists of two topics, the first topic is entitled (The Basic Elements of Design), while the second topic is entitled (A brief study about the roots of Kurdish Clothing).