Dia Azzawi
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Dia al-Azzawi is an Iraqi London-based visual artist. He attended the College of Arts, Baghdad.
Azzawi, 26 May 2015
A Wolf Howls: Memories of a Poet (1968), by Dia Azzawi at the Barjeel Art Foundation collection
Iraqi art
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Iraqi art refers to all works of visual art originating from the geographical region of what is present day Iraq since ancient Mesopotamian periods. Under the Abbasid Caliphate, Baghdad was a literary
Dia Azzawi
…Institute and graduated in 1964. In the 1950s, Azzawi began working with Iraqi artist Faeq Hassan, who was involved with the Baghdadi arts group known as the Pioneers. This group aimed to combine traditional and contemporary Iraqi art. During this period, he began to develop his own aesthetic and was inspired by…
Possible depiction of al-Hariri, in the Maqamat of al-Hariri, 1237 CE, probably Baghdad
Shrine in Karbala, showing use of Arabesque
One of the iwans in the Abbasid Palace showcasing complex muqarnas that date back to 1181.
Wasiti's illustrations served as an inspiration for the modern Baghdad art movement in the 20th-century.