Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Arabic Embroidery Art Is Developed Through Time

By Agus Rahman


The Arabic embroidery is a particular kind of embroidery which has existed for thousands of years ago. Its styles represent the earlier ideologies even before religions had actually existed or developed.

In the Arabic embroidery,. For instance, the ear of corn symbolizes fertility while the goddess is expressed by the image of a moon. Even the colours have roles in defining the meaning of the embroidery. The primary colors are red,. They symbolize the three phases of the goddess. The purity and fight against evil is signified by the whilst colours, where the red reflects the second phase of the life of the goddess as a mature women enjoying love and fertility.,

on the other hand, represents the goddess, who is old and wise, the oracle. This is why you will find most Arab dress to be embroidered using these three principal colors. Because every of these colours has a different and unique description and was believed, long time back, to have interacted with body parts, making the person wearing them healthy.

, the most essential of which is the distribute of Islam. Since Islam has spread in the region, embroidery started to be influenced by Islamic writings. Most design had geometric patterns, floral design or calligraphy. And as the Quran teachings forbid the figures of animals or humans, the embroidery is centered on writing letters in an Arabic Islamic shape. The images of animals or human beings were not to be used at all since the spread of Islam., it had in fact pushed people to be more creative and innovative with the resources they have in hand.

The Ottoman period was one of the richest periods in terms of style and embroidery. It blended the Arabic styles with the Turkish ones. Numerous products of dress available to date reflect the creativity and also the very fine detail of the decorative details used at that time. The embroidery, the color, the fabric, the models... everything used blended homogeneously together reflecting a rich form of art. Female clothings were richer in terms of design and embroidery used as there was more space for creativity and originality.

The art of embroidery passed on from a generation to the next over thousands of years, since the time of Bedouins and peasants inhibiting the Arab desserts. The same design and colours still exist to date, however, not as widely used, as it was one day. Only lately however had this shape of art started to take another shape, a more modern and up to date one. The variety of colors, fabrics and styles increased revealing newer forms of art, that are more modern and up to date, reflecting the status of a world, delivering forward the histories of multiple cultures together.




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