Cover Image

An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said

The Old City of Ghadames in Libya, which is today a major tourist attraction, has some old dwellings that contain intricate and meaningful ornamental art. This thesis seeks to investigate these artistic works and decipher their symbolic meanings. This is because, to the modern generation, even of ar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ben Said, Samira Nuri
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2014
Subjects:
Malaysia
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/1/ABS_SAMIRA%20NURI%20BEN%20SAID%20TDRA%20VOL%205%20IGS_14.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uitm.ir.19248
record_format eprints
spelling my.uitm.ir.192482018-06-12T07:24:31Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/ An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said Ben Said, Samira Nuri Malaysia The Old City of Ghadames in Libya, which is today a major tourist attraction, has some old dwellings that contain intricate and meaningful ornamental art. This thesis seeks to investigate these artistic works and decipher their symbolic meanings. This is because, to the modern generation, even of artists and craftsmen, these meanings are lost and these generations-old artefacts are viewed merely as beautiful visual art. This research seeks to solve this problem and the main objectives are (a) to analyse the roots of the selected traditional decorative motifs in the built environment in Ghadames old city of Libya; (b) to uncover the symbolic meanings of these decorative elements found in the architecture in Ghadames old city; and (c) to provide a deeper understanding of the evolution of traditional decorative elements, and symbols found in selected buildings in Ghadames old city in Libya. Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2014 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/1/ABS_SAMIRA%20NURI%20BEN%20SAID%20TDRA%20VOL%205%20IGS_14.pdf Ben Said, Samira Nuri (2014) An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IPSis Biannual Publication, 5 (5). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Mara
content_source UiTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://ir.uitm.edu.my/
language English
topic Malaysia
spellingShingle Malaysia
Ben Said, Samira Nuri
An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
description The Old City of Ghadames in Libya, which is today a major tourist attraction, has some old dwellings that contain intricate and meaningful ornamental art. This thesis seeks to investigate these artistic works and decipher their symbolic meanings. This is because, to the modern generation, even of artists and craftsmen, these meanings are lost and these generations-old artefacts are viewed merely as beautiful visual art. This research seeks to solve this problem and the main objectives are (a) to analyse the roots of the selected traditional decorative motifs in the built environment in Ghadames old city of Libya; (b) to uncover the symbolic meanings of these decorative elements found in the architecture in Ghadames old city; and (c) to provide a deeper understanding of the evolution of traditional decorative elements, and symbols found in selected buildings in Ghadames old city in Libya.
format Book Section
author Ben Said, Samira Nuri
author_facet Ben Said, Samira Nuri
author_sort Ben Said, Samira Nuri
title An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
title_short An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
title_full An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
title_fullStr An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in Ghadames Old City / Samira Nuri Ben Said
title_sort analysis of the evolutions of the decorative elements: case study the seven dwellings in ghadames old city / samira nuri ben said
publisher Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/1/ABS_SAMIRA%20NURI%20BEN%20SAID%20TDRA%20VOL%205%20IGS_14.pdf
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19248/
_version_ 1685649187594567680
score 13.211869

Similar Items