The extent to which shadow and light influence contemporary murals

Document Type : scientific articles

Author

Decoration Department, Higher Institute of Applied Arts, Fifth Settlement

Abstract

The light and shadow with their special possibilities had a direct impact on the various murals and artistic elements of the arts and were able to adapt them to serve their artistic goals Within the work there is an aesthetic role that interacts with the realities of wall and artistic composition. which led the artist to discover the possibilities and aesthetics of light and its dazzling results along with its artistic and formative remedies for the elements of shadow and light, this made the idea and content of the work a bridge for communication between the artist and the recipient. There he said, "Didn't you see to your Lord how he extended the shadow if he wanted to make him still and then we made the sun on him proof and then we caught him easily" (Al-Furqan: 46, 45), the Holy Quran spoke of "shadow and shadow" in many Koranic verses in a different wall. "What is equal to blindness, no eyesight, no darkness, no light, no shadow, no freedom" (Fateh: 19 to 20). The research discusses the impact of shadow and light on contemporary mural art and their utilization as important elements in the composition and painting of the mural. One of the most important findings of the research is that the aesthetics of the artwork are perfected by the art of enlightenment and shading.

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