The artistic and plastic possibilities of wooden doors for the African Dogon tribes as an entrance to enrich contemporary wood work

Abstract

Summary of the research :Heritage scholars face some difficulties in creating modern plastic formulations. The traditional decorations on the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes are one of the sources of vision, as the heritage of these tribes is full of plastic capabilities through which the artist can draw inspiration from those plastic symbols in his decorative designs. Among these plastic capabilities are door decorations. Wood that is unique in terms of form and content all over the world.The researcher turned to studying the traditional wooden doors of the Dogon tribes in order to implement designs for wooden murals based on the symbols and connotations deduced from the decorations of those doors. This unit determines the artistic and aesthetic value of the artwork.Therefore, the research problem can be identified in the following question:Is it possible to take advantage of the design formulas of the decorative elements in the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes as an entrance to the designContemporary Wooden MuralsResearch Objectives: The research aims to:1- Utilizing the design formulas of the decorative elements in the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes as an entrance to the design of contemporary wooden murals.2- Explanation of the artistic relationship between the decorations of the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes and the possibility of presenting them in an artistic style for the design of contemporary woodwork.3- Finding the beauty that lies in the decorative elements in the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes.4- Studying the foundations of the composition on which the decorations in the wooden doors of the Dogon tribes are based.The importance of the research: The importance of the research is:1- Revealing the creative and aesthetic values ​​of contemporary wooden murals that derive their vocabulary from the heritage decorative units.2- Giving a new dimension to the decorative designs in wooden murals by linking the heritage decorative units with the innovations of the decorative design in a way that enriches the field and develops its designs and performance.3- The current research contributes to revealing innovative solutions for decorative designs in wooden murals by studying the decorations of wooden doors of the Dogon tribes and taking them out of the scope of knowledge to the scope of excellence and providing a greater opportunity to be employed in wooden mural designs.

Keywords

• technical capabilities
• wooden doors
• the dogon tribes