Decorative Alements for the Facades of Some Heritage Houses in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate

Abstract

The topic deals with the search for decorative elements carried by the façades of traditional homes in the city of Diwaniyah and the importance of the topic lies in the fact that most of these houses were subject to demolition and vandalism at the present time and that the study was able to document those houses and study the decorative elements in them, the research dealt with the facades of a number of houses and studying what they carry Its façades are of artistic and decorative elements, and it became clear through the study that most of these decorations were represented by manipulating the positions of the wages for the purpose of obtaining geometric decorative shapes, while others were executed on the stucco, and most of the decorative subjects were composed of floral and engineering motifs while not Within animal motifs due to the hatred of the Islamic religion for these motifs.