Embodying the Scenes of Traditional Dance in the Artworks of Contemporary Arab Artists

Abstract

Abstract

The current study aims to identify aesthetic aspects and methods used by Arab artists in shaping human body movement (dance) regardless of their cultural backgrounds, and to underline the Arab cultural diversity through the variety of dance and dress styles and the musical instruments employed in their Artworks. Additionally, it examines the visual formation of physical dance as an aesthetic aspect in contemporary Arab visual art. To achieve the purpose of the study, a descriptive-analytical design was used. The sample of the study consisted of (8) Arab fine artists with wide fame in the Arab world. The general results of the study revealed that each dance style belongs to a specific setting and time frame since it is considered as community customs. It also revealed that the employment of dance in the works of Arab artists has a key role in determining their personality. The special results of the study indicated that the subjects vary in terms of the methods of implementing artworks employing traditional dance as its main theme using colors motion to imitate the movement of the human body "dance", such as the artist Wajih Nahlé who used the intertwining colors in a dynamic movement. There are varieties of topics in the traditional dance depending on the artist's memory, so we find how the artist Abdul Hay Mosallam has embodied Palestinian dances in his Artworks, and wedding night in Naziha Salim's Artwork's, and the Kuwaiti Dabke in Ibrahim Ismail's Artwork's.