Abstract

The Icon of The Purebred Islamic Arab Horses and their Reflection in the Visual Aesthetic Discourse of the Artist Jameela Al Shraim

Asst. Prof. Mahmmoud Hussein Abdul Rahman

Volume: 13 Issue: 4 2023

Abstract:

This study aims to introduce the symbolism and aesthetics of the Islamic Arabian horses, which have become an icon, and its reflection in the visual discourse of the artist Jamila Al Shuraim. This study contained an introduction. This introduction included the research problem that was formulated in the form of questions: What is the concept of horses? What is its place in the Holy Qur’an, the Noble Prophet’s Hadith, and the Arab-Islamic heritage? What is the evidence for this? Who is the State of Qatar? What is the status of horses in Qatar? Has art immortalized her in Qatar? Who is the artist Jamila Al-Shraim? How did Arabian horses embody Islam in their artistic achievements? What are the most important topics? This introduction also included the objective limits of the study: the icon of the original Islamic Arabian horses and its reflection in the visual discourse of the artist Jamila Al Shuraim. Then the time limits are from 2018-2020, and the spatial limits are the State of Qatar, then this study contains two axes (theoretical and applied). The first (theoretical) axis contained four sections: The first section: A historical introduction to horses. The second section: Horses in the Holy Qur’an and the Arab-Islamic heritage. The third section: Who is the State of Qatar? Then the fourth section: studying the style of the artist Jamila Al Shuraim. As for the second (applied) axis, it contained: the research community, the research sample and justifications for its selection, the research tool, then the methodology followed in applying the tool, after that analysis of the research sample models. Then the conclusion, and a list of sources. This study showed the great spiritual and emotional impact of the Islamic Arabian horses, their great status in the Great Qur’an and the Arab-Islamic heritage, and the extent of their influence on the style of the artist Jamila Al Shuraim, which showed a great artistic product that the artist specialized in due to the extent of her attachment to her noble legacy represented by the icon of the Islamic Arabian horses.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v13i04.013

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