DIORAMA PRESENTATION METHODS

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

Diorama is the building of aesthetic scenes with functional purposes that take from the plastic techniques of sculpting, drawing and designing a field to carry out its reporting mission on a scientific topic as in natural circuits to dissect the brain or body functions or has aesthetic or decorative purposes such as scenes in cinemas or children's playing and the pleasure of participating in playing and creating amazement. Therefore, the researcher presented the research problem by asking the following question: What are the various methods of presentation in diorama? How do they affect the reception and response mechanisms, and how did diorama in nearby fields be used as a means of demonstration for medical, engineering, arts, urban construction and educational curricula? Then the researcher presented the conceptual framework, which is made up of two studies, the First Topic, Diorama, the Difference in Presentation and Themes, and the Second Topic, Diorama and the Multiplicity of Materials. The researcher presented in the conceptual framework the multiplicity and different methods of presentation and the investment of raw materials and the different fields of knowledge that entered diorama into its fields, which presented proposals and solutions in some cases for comprehension, understanding and abstract topics that cannot be seen, so they worked to represent them. In the third chapter, the researcher conducted three applied samples of different topics, methods of presentation, and goals (marshes, volcano, and beehives), as for in the fourth chapter, the researcher reached the results and conclusions, including the diversity of presentation methods in diorama according to the topic, purpose and the aesthetic and functional goals it carries through visual excitement transforming the art of diorama by representing it in different ways to perceive the transformation and reveal the aesthetics of the desert environment, mountains and forests, and to present various environments, then the researcher presented recommendations and suggestions, and then references and sources.

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