Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part C (2025)

This research is concerned with studying the (inclusion of architectural elements and their manifestations in contemporary Iraqi ceramics) and is divided into four chapters. The first chapter includes a statement of the research problem, its importance and need, its objective and limits, and the definition of the most important terms contained therein. The current research problem included the question (Is there an inclusion of architectural elements in contemporary Iraqi ceramics? And what are the mechanisms of manifestation?) which is considered a remarkable phenomenon. The current research aims to identify: (the inclusion of architectural elements and their manifestations in contemporary Iraqi ceramics.) Research limits: First: Objective limits: Studying the conformity and inclusion of architectural elements in contemporary Iraqi ceramics. In ceramic works illustrated and executed with various materials and raw materials. Second: Time limits: (2000 - 2021) AD. Third: Spatial limits: Iraq.
The second chapter included the theoretical framework and previous studies and consisted of two sections: the first included (conceptual inclusion). The second section included (representations of inclusion in contemporary Iraqi ceramics).
As for the third chapter, it covers research procedures, research community, and the intentional selection of a research sample of (3) models, then the research tool, research methodology, and analysis of the research sample.
The fourth chapter, which dealt with (Results and Conclusions), included among its results:
1.    The contemporary Iraqi ceramic artist departed from natural contexts in the world of ceramics and its forms, and sought to affirm a new aesthetic artistic vision.
2.    The Iraqi ceramist sought to innovate and create new ceramic architectural formations while preserving the general form of the composition and moving into a new world.
3.    The intellectual transformation is due to the construction of architectural elements that keep pace with the artist's vision and the extent of his interaction and cultural, civilizational, and aesthetic dialogues, in addition to his endeavor to keep pace with radical transformations in the world of contemporary formation.