Fine Arts

Electronic cultural management has a significant impact on shaping online theatrical festivals in terms of their design and implementation, following a specific scientific and artistic strategy for managing the tools and resources used, both in the immediate and future context, and in accordance with the available human and material elements. In the present study, the researcher addressed the methodological framework and, through the research problem, posed the central question: How can electronic cultural management be organized for an online theatrical festival as a model? The study then proceeded to explore the remaining components of the methodological framework.
Subsequently, the research moved to the theoretical framework, focusing on theoretical innovation grounded in practical theatrical experience to obtain insights into the electronic cultural management of festivals during the COVID-19 crisis, and how the organizers interacted with such management to establish the fundamentals of administrative work.

The current research (The Intellectual Contents of Narrative Scenes in Ancient Mesopotamian Arts) includes four chapters. The first chapter deals with the research problem: What is the nature of the intellectual contents of narrative scenes in ancient Mesopotamian arts? The importance of the research, in addition to the research objective (identifying the intellectual contents of narrative scenes in ancient Mesopotamian arts), the limits of the research, and defining terminology. The second chapter was divided into two sections: the first: the intellectual frameworks of the Akkadian civilization, and the second: narrative storytelling and its relationship to the Akkadian artistic achievement. The third chapter included the framework of the research community, the research sample, the research tool, the research methodology, and an analysis of the research sample model. The fourth chapter included a set of results and conclusions, the most prominent of which are:
1. Narrative scenes encompass many aspects of Akkadian civilization, as each scene contains a dramatic, sequential depiction of events through symbolic representations that provide a clear understanding of religious, social, and cultural trends.
2. The nature of Akkadian productions, with their narrative scenes and narrative style, demonstrated significant development in this realistic and imaginative vision, with its expressive connotations, precise details, body anatomy, intertwining characters, and the use of elements and body movement to enhance the intellectual dimension of the narrative concept.
Among the most prominent conclusions are:
1. The productions of Akkadian art, with their detailed narrative scenes, demonstrated an early intellectual awareness of the role of art in shaping cultural identity, documenting historical events, and conveying values and ideas, instilling them in the collective consciousness through their transmission across generations.

Through the use of technical and technological innovations, television has had a significant impact on shaping public opinion and influencing individuals and society in order to meet their various needs and keep them abreast of events surrounding them in all aspects by producing audio and visual messages that seek to achieve specific objectives through the content of what is broadcast on screens in various forms . Satellite broadcasting and the Internet have contributed to the rapid spread of information and attracted the largest number of viewers. Among these, the production of television news bulletins and the simulation of the social, political and economic scene, whether local, regional or international, stand out for their significant impact in following events and reflecting them through moving television images.
Among these applications, news bulletins have taken up a large part of broadcasting hours and have even become specialised television channels that mimic this important axis, as they have employed the aesthetics of television imagery and expressive meanings in their production in various forms, notably the use of artificial intelligence, which is an important transition in their production and achievement of authenticity. The research aims to study the subject in all its aspects. From this perspective, the researcher formulated the research problem with the following question: What are the technical processes for employing artificial intelligence in television news broadcasts? The importance and necessity of this research lies in revealing the data and specificity of the use of artificial intelligence in the production of television news broadcasts, as well as being useful for students and researchers. Since it aims to reveal the technical processes for employing artificial intelligence in television news broadcasts, the descriptive method (content analysis) was adopted as it is more suitable for achieving the objectives and reaching the desired results.

The research aims to evaluate the applications of artificial intelligence and the applications of artificial intelligence employed in the education of students of fine arts institutes. The two researchers followed the descriptive analytical approach and chose an intentional sample consisting of (20) teachers in the first Rusafa Fine Arts Institutes / Morning Study - (for boys and girls) with (10) male teachers and the same number of females. The research tool was built after reviewing the literature on specialization in artificial intelligence and previous studies and the indicators resulting from the theoretical framework.
According to these foundations, the two researchers built the research tool consisting of (28) items in its initial form, and after obtaining the validity of the tool, they used Cooper's equation, so the form in its final form became consisting of (26) items. In light of this, stability was achieved after the two researchers provided (5) male and female teachers with the evaluation form to answer its paragraphs, then reapplied the evaluation form to the teachers themselves.
The period between the first and second applications was (15) days, which is an appropriate period of time. To find the stability coefficient between the first and second evaluations, the two researchers used (Pearson's correlation coefficient), as the stability coefficient reached (89%) Which is a good stability ratio.
The tool was applied to the original sample, and after completing the evaluation process, the forms were collected and the results were tabulated.
The results were obtained in most of its paragraphs and through their scores, the researchers found that the results do not rise to the required level if we know that smart technologies are superior in their performance according to their programming and smart capabilities, and they also require experienced teachers with extensive experience in this advanced type of education with high quality, which qualifies them with the competencies to use artificial intelligence programs and integrate educational content with them, and the future of education is to have sufficient knowledge of the use of computer programs and artificial intelligence.

This research study (Aesthetic Values in the Works of Faiq Hussein) is concerned with revealing and monitoring the relationship of structural elements and vocabulary that together constitute aesthetic values, as it was characterized by a new, unique stylistic formulation that carried the experience and originality of the artist’s vision that expressed the issues of the human world.
The study included four chapters, the first of which was devoted to the problem of the research and an explanation of its importance, the need for it, and its goal, which was limited to revealing the aesthetic values in the works of (Faiq Hussein), within time limits that extended between 1967 - 2000. The chapter ended with specifying and defining the research terms.
The second chapter included three sections, the first of which dealt with aesthetic values conceptually. The second section dealt with presenting a historical overview of modern and contemporary Iraqi graphic art. The third section dealt with Faiq Hussein’s experience, and the second section ended with indicators of the theoretical framework and previous studies.
As for the third chapter, it began with the collection of artworks that represent the artist’s experience and ended with what was analyzed as models for the research sample, which numbered(5).

Research Summary This research addresses the topic of the nihilism of mortality in contemporary ceramics. The current study consists of three chapters. The first chapter is the methodological summary, which reveals the general framework of the research and includes the research problem. It summarizes the time periods from the beginnings of the idea of death and mortality among individuals in cave paintings, up to the contemporary period. This period produced the research problem: Does the concept of nihilism constitute an intellectual variable in visual texts when the form deviates from its realistic performance to be embodied in contemporary Iraqi ceramics? This period represented a way to answer the questions posed by the researcher. The importance of the research lies in its form, which represents a cognitive addition to artistic and aesthetic studies. The research therefore aimed to reveal the nihilism of mortality, which is a realized reality of death, and the mechanism of its operation in contemporary ceramics. It also aimed to reveal the idea of nihilism in contemporary art, and the inevitability of mortality as a form of formal change in contemporary ceramics.

This research aims to explore the transformations undergone by Arabic calligraphy within the contemporary digital environment, focusing on its use as a decorative visual element in modern graphic design, The research problem is centered around the question of whether Arabic script can adapt to digital visual treatments without compromising its cultural and aesthetic identity, The study's significance lies in addressing a visual artistic dilemma that intersects identity and innovation amidst the expansion of the digital design space and the emergence of advanced visual technologies.
The study seeks to achieve several objectives, including identifying visual strategies used in rendering Arabic calligraphy as a decorative element and revealing the aesthetic functions that emerge through its digital manipulation, The research hypothesizes that Arabic calligraphy can evolve into a visual ornamental component while retaining its Arab aesthetic identity .
The methodology adopted is descriptive-analytical, involving the analysis of selected contemporary design samples and the review of relevant previous studies, The findings indicate that Arabic script possesses structural flexibility that enables it to function as a decorative element within digital design, Contemporary designers utilize the script through geometric and abstract approaches that balance innovation with cultural identity, The study recommends integrating Arabic calligraphy into digital art curricula and encourages further academic exploration in this field .

Existentialism is one of the philosophical movements that have influenced human thought. It revolves around the concepts of freedom and responsibility, particularly the individual's freedom to make choices in life. It has greatly influenced various aspects of life, including art and literature. Themes such as isolation, anxiety, and the search for meaning became common in artwork. These influences became evident when existentialist artists attempted to express the human condition through works filled with symbolism and emotion. After World War II, existentialism became more widespread, especially in Europe. The devastation caused by the war left people with feelings of absurdity and despair, making existentialist ideas about freedom, responsibility, and anxiety more appealing. Sculpture was unique in its ability to accommodate existential expressions due to its material nature as a three-dimensional art form that deals with matter and its relationship to space. These concepts influenced sculptors, including the sculptor Giacometti. This study examines the influence of existential philosophy on Giacometti's sculptural works, and it is divided into four chapters. The first chapter dealt with the methodological framework, which included the problem, objectives, importance, and limits of the research, whose time limits were limited to the period between 1940 and 1950 AD, the period that was most abundant in the sculptor's production. The first chapter also included a definition of the most important research terms. The second chapter dealt with the theoretical framework and consisted of three sections. The first section dealt with the philosophical concept of existentialism, the second section dealt with the relationship of existentialism to the art of sculpture, and the third section included a summary of the biography and works of the sculptor Giacometti. The second chapter concluded with a presentation of the indicators resulting from the theoretical framework. The third chapter dealt with the research procedures, the research community, the research tool, and the research sample, which included three models of the sample that were deliberately selected and analyzed by the researcher using the descriptive analysis method. The research yielded a set of results that were mentioned with recommendations and suggestions in the fourth chapter

The research is concerned with studying (the reciprocity of war and peace in the American political poster). It consists of four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the research problem: (Art, as a human product, examines the forms that influence the formulation of concepts and beliefs arising from social exchange, which are affected by the relativity of the constant of societal peace or the circumstances of formulating policy for war. A question was How do you know the exchange of war and peace in the American political poster? The importance of the research: (The research links the idea of exchanging forms, symbols and artistic colors with the cultural aspect). The research has an objective: (To identify the exchange of war and peace in the poster). The second chapter includes (the theoretical framework) with two topics - the first: (War and peace between the aesthetic and functional dimensions of poster art),
Procedures, as it included (the research community framework of (50) American technical posters, and the research sample included (6) models

The artwork is a text loaded with symbolic connotations and meanings that go beyond the physical form to the spirit and essence of things. To achieve the goal of producing an artwork in conveying a message to the recipient, it is necessary to analyze this work and delve into its depths to reveal its hidden meanings and coded messages. The levels of Pragmatic criticism allow access to these messages and decode them in an analytical process that begins with formal analysis, then contextual, then interpretive. Therefore, the current research aims to (identify the levels of Pragmatic criticism and their applications in the drawings of graduate students in the Department of Art Education). The research community consisted of (24) artworks produced by graduate students in the Department of Art Education, College of Fine Arts, University of Baghdad for the academic year (2024-2025). The researcher intentionally selected (5) paintings to represent the research sample. The researcher adopted the descriptive approach with the analytical method in conducting his research and analyzed the sample models according to the levels of Pragmatic criticism and based on the indicators of the theoretical framework. Among the most important results he reached: The levels of Pragmatic criticism formed an analytical model whose steps can be applied in analyzing, criticizing, and evaluating artworks. Providing a clear and comprehensive analytical vision of these works by deconstructing the forms, examining the pressing contextual relationships and references, exploring the depths of the visual text, and interpreting the signs semantically to arrive at the hidden meaning.

The current research, titled "Anthropology and its Effectiveness in the Design of Contemporary Interior Spaces," examines the mechanisms of anthropology in these spaces, designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Norman Foster. The aim is to study the mechanisms of anthropology in these spaces, with the aim of enhancing the cultural aspect of society and the scientific standing of the interior spaces of similar buildings in our beloved country, Iraq. The research problem has become clear: "What are the anthropological mechanisms that work to improve the interior spaces of public buildings designed by Norman Foster?" The current research aims to “reveal the mechanisms of anthropology through the integration of formal formations that achieve expressive values that reflect the cultural system in the design of the interior spaces of public buildings designed by Norman Foster.” The first section included the concept of anthropology from place to non-place in the interior space, including the anthropological characteristics of form and color in the interior space, while the second section dealt with anthropological perception and its mechanisms with formative relationships by addressing the concept of anthropological thinking and its role in the cognitive culture of postmodernism until contemporary anthropology, arriving at the third section, which dealt with anthropology from formal integration to social integration in the interior space and using contemporary technology that contributes to encoding forms with social cultural values, identity and class. The third chapter dealt with the research community and the research sample, which represented (42%) and three models of interior spaces of public buildings designed by Norman Foster, which were designed according to contemporary anthropology and at the level of material and lighting for the night and day scene. The research reached Chapter Four concludes with a set of conclusions that represent an objective analysis of anthropological mechanisms in contemporary interior spaces. These include:
1-The significance of Norman Foster's contemporary interior designs, which are based on anthropological principles, is clear: space is not just a place, but an embodied culture that indirectly transmits social and political values through design, reshaping the human relationship with power, society, and the environment.
2- Interior space design is no longer limited to function; it has become a means of reshaping collective consciousness and cultural identity through the use of design elements that target perception, such as transparency, spiral movement, and visual openness. This places the user at the heart of the experience, not on its periphery.

This research aims to assess the impact of the use of community projects in teaching art education on the attitudes of primary school students towards the subject. The research focuses on exploring the effectiveness of outside class learning in enhancing the understanding and appreciation of students of technical education, and evaluating the contribution of community projects in linking the material to the local reality. The importance of research stems from the need to develop teaching methods that suit the educational environment and enhance the cultural identity of students. The study assumes that there is a positive relationship between the use of thes03e methods and the students ’trends towards art education, and the researcher followed the experimental curriculum as it is the closest to achieving the goals of his research, and the research sample consisted of (200) pupils and his student from 4 primary schools in different areas of Babil Governorate targeting students of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades and their teachers, divided into an experimental group and a control group. The researcher has prepared a test questionnaire for students ’attitudes towards the subject and a note card to assess the participation of students in community projects and semi -organized interviews with teachers, and after correcting the test, the results of the study showed a remarkable improvement in their directions towards the article by 27 compared to the control group. The researcher presented a group of proposals Walt

Light and color have marked a major turning point in the compositional construction of visual images, due to their ability to psychologically influence children's ideology and the role they play in shaping their behavior through color reflections and spatial spaces. These reflections enhance aesthetic and functional value, creating a colorful environment and space that attracts the viewer and engages them in elements of amazement and dazzle, based on a color space that differs from the stereotypical nature of traditional reality.This increases the reception process and activates his mental abilities and his auditory and visual sensory perceptions. The research contains four chapters. The first includes a review of the problem with the following question: What is the aesthetic and functional composition of light and color in children’s theater performances? The importance may contribute to transferring ideologies, experiences and skills to the child recipient through the direct influence of their auditory and visual sensory perceptions within the performance space.The aim was to identify (the aesthetic and functional composition of light and colour in children’s theatre performances). The first chapter concluded with the research terms. The second chapter included two sections: the first: the system of light and colour in the theatrical performance, and the second: children’s theatre (concept - operation). The third chapter included a review of the research methodology with all its details, starting with the research methodology and ending with the analysis of the sample.The fourth chapter presented the results of the research, in which the researcher used the Holsti equation to extract the weighted mean and the percentage weight, so that the results became facts that carry statistical connotations that can be generalized. A number of conclusions emerged, the most prominent of which are: the conscious and deliberate use of light and color is not limited to showing the stage or coloring the scenes, but rather contributes to building the imaginary space that the child lives during the show.This achieves functional construction, enhancing sensory and aesthetic perception, and solidifying the idea or message directed at him. The study concluded with sources and appendices.

Children's drawings are an outlet for children's emotions and desires, revealing their desires through their subjective perception of the environment (family and society). Which was characterized by multiple characteristics and features that formed an aesthetic dimension, which prompted the Iraqi artist in his drawings to adopt those features according to technical treatments of the pictorial surface, for its proximity to abstraction that is characterized by purity; because the artist works to inspire his artistic elements from the environment and from every effect in which he finds his desire to reach the true meaning of his subjects. Therefore, children's drawings are one of the artist's inspirations for the pictorial surface, especially the artist (HashemHanoun), and thus the research problem was formed by the following question: Is there a reflection of children's drawings in the works of HashemHanoun? Whereas the goal of the current research is: (To identify children's drawings and their reflection in the works of HashemHanoun). While the research community was represented by the works of the artist (HashemHanoun) for the period (1995-2001), the research sample included (4) models that were chosen intentionally.

This research deals with the study of visual perception by linking the theoretical and applied aspects of digital advertising and focuses on digital advertising techniques, as they are among the important axes that affect advertising design, Because of its connection to visual factors and the recipient’s cognitive effects, the first chapter of the research methodology represents the research problem in which the question is posed as to how the effectiveness of visual perception is manifested in digital advertising? With a statement of the importance of the research, its objective, and the objective, temporal and spatial limits, in addition to defining the research terms, the second chapter (the theoretical framework) contained two topics: the first topic included (the concept of visual perception, the role of visual perception in understanding the advertising message, Factors affecting the process of visual perception) and the second topic (elements of visual perception in digital advertising, visual perception and visual symbols, visual perception of colors and their role in attracting attention, The design techniques used to enhance the visual perception of the advertisement) while the third chapter included (research procedures) The research methodology was based on the descriptive approach and the research community was determined by the digital advertisements of Al-Hafez Company, with a total of 30 models, and the research sample was chosen intentionally in a manner consistent with the research objective, while the fourth chapter presented the results that our researcher reached, and through them a set of conclusions, recommendations and proposals were reached.

Kinetic expression in sculpture relies on the sculptor's ability to infuse a sense of movement and energy within a solid mass, giving the sculpture a dynamic, kinetic dimension. This expression embodies the body's interaction with space and reflects internal feelings through the position of shapes and the tension of lines. This is what we see in the works of world-renowned sculptors such as Auguste Rodin, where sculpture becomes a means of embodying a moving human moment rich in meaning. The research included four chapters: - The first chapter (the methodological framework) contained the research problem that the researcher identified through the problem question represented by the following question (What are the mechanisms of kinetic expression in Auguste Rodin’s sculptures) The aim of the research included revealing the mechanisms of kinetic expression in Auguste Rodin’s sculptures. The importance of the research was to shed light on the mechanisms of kinetic expression in Auguste Rodin’s sculptures. The researcher identified the limits of her research between (1880-1911) for the sculptor Auguste Rodin, then determined the most important terms in the research to define it, which was represented by defining the term expression and movement. The second chapter (the theoretical framework) contained two topics: the first topic is the concept of kinetic expression, while the second topic is a study of the mechanism of kinetic expression in modern sculpture. The researcher then concluded the chapter with the most important indicators that resulted from the theoretical framework. The third chapter (Research Procedures) included defining the research community from Rodin's works, then selecting the research methodology used to analyze the sample. This was followed by selecting the research tool. The researcher adopted the indicators resulting from the theoretical framework as a research tool. The researcher then selected the sample to be analyzed, followed by analyzing the selected samples. The fourth chapter included a set of findings reached by the researcher through analyzing the research sample, namely :-
1- Rodin relied on mechanisms of kinetic expression in creating his works, manifested in the anatomy of the body, balance, the use of curved lines, and the freezing of a kinetic moment that expresses the flexibility and beauty of human movement.
2- The most important mechanisms of kinetic expression employed by Rodin were his use of body language, muscular tension, and a deep contraction position, which makes his sculptural works speak of internal conflict and philosophical thought despite their apparent stillness.
The researcher then reached a set of conclusions, namely :-
1- Movement in Rodin's works was not merely a physical gesture, but rather a means of posing existential questions about human conflict. The chapter also included a number of recommendations and suggestions. The research then concluded with references

The research includes a study of (the dialectic of the relationship between song and children’s theatre performances). It includes four chapters. The first chapter is concerned with explaining the research problem, its importance and need for it, the research objective and its limits, and identifying the most important terms included in it. The research objective dealt with (identifying the dialectic of the relationship between song and children’s theatre performances).
The second chapter dealt with the theoretical framework, as the theoretical framework included two topics. The first topic dealt with the concept of song and children’s songs, while the second topic dealt with the relationship between song and children’s theatre performances. The third chapter included the research procedures, the research community, the research sample, the research tool, the research methodology, and the analysis of the research sample, which amounted to (3) models.
The fourth chapter included the research results and conclusions. Among the findings the researcher reached were:
1. The song plays a prominent role in conveying the cognitive message, as it is part of the dramatic event and is employed technically without addition or intrusion, fulfilling its role within the concept of the scene and event.
Through the results, the researcher also reached a number of conclusions, including:
1- Songs are a fundamental pillar of children's theater performances and play an effective role in the dramatic construction of the theatrical performance.
2- Songs have a direct and effective impact on the sensory and aesthetic taste of the child receiving the performance by introducing many aesthetic, artistic, and educational concepts.

The research explores the transformations in the representation of the body within contemporary digital art, drawing on the analysis of three selected artworks based on specific theoretical indicators and research objectives. It reveals how the body is no longer depicted as a fixed biological entity, but rather as a digital-symbolic system subject to modification and encoding. Bodily identity emerges as a temporary, distributed performance governed by algorithms and technological frameworks, reflecting a shift toward posthuman concepts and selves entangled with cybernetic systems. The analysis demonstrates that bodily representation has become a philosophical and cultural practice that redefines the relationship between self, technology, and identity. In this context, the body in digital art ceases to mirror reality, evolving instead into a dynamic cultural and technical project in perpetual reconfiguration.

This research studies the semantic utilization of human, animal, and plant forms. It consists of four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to explaining the research problem, its importance, need, objective, temporal, spatial, and thematic boundaries, as well as defining the terms used within it.
The second chapter consists of two sections: the theoretical framework and previous studies. The theoretical framework consists of three sections:
1) The concept of semantics in art.
2) The semantic employment of forms in ancient Iraqi ceramics.
3) The semantic employment of human, animal, and plant forms in Iraqi ceramics between heritage and modernity.
The third chapter deals with the research procedures, which include the research community, consisting of various ceramic models from contemporary Iraqi ceramics. (3) Forms were intentionally selected to represent the research sample, which were analyzed according to the descriptive analytical approach. Chapter Four includes the research results, conclusions, recommendations, and proposals. Among the findings reached by the study are:
1) Through his present ceramic works (sample models), the contemporary Iraqi artist draws inspiration from his cultural, environmental, and psychological heritage through his metaphors for human, animal, and plant forms.
2) The renewal of style and technique was clearly evident in all the sample models through the use of a realistic approach to representing natural forms, as in sample (2), and an abstract, symbolic approach, as in samples (1 and 3. (
The most important conclusions reached by the study are:
1) Contemporary ceramic artistic experiments by Iraqi artists in their later stages, along with their creative figures, began to search for everything that would stimulate contemporary modern artistic values, with their abstract and symbolic forms, from natural phenomena, and enable them to penetrate the local intellectual structure to produce an innovative character with an authentic identity.
2) The indicators linking contemporary Iraqi ceramic production to its semantic functions are not limited to the suggestive meanings accompanying the artistic production, but rather rely on premises that indicate the presence of a global openness within that production itself. In continuation of the results and conclusions, recommendations and proposals were presented, followed by the sources and references relied upon by the researchers.

The current research included four chapters. The first included the research problem, which the researcher felt was the problem of his research and the necessity of delving into this study entitled ((An educational unit in the aesthetic discourse of postmodern arts in developing the skills of students in the Department of Art Education)). Then he presented the importance of the research, the research objectives, and the research limits, which were limited to the trends of post-modern arts represented by artistic movements (visual art), and their use in the subject of (pictorial composition) for students of the Department of Art Education - College of Fine Arts - University of Baghdad, academic year (2024-2025). The second chapter included the theoretical framework, consisting of three sections: (Instructional Design: Aesthetic Discourse - Intellectual Discourse of Postmodernism and Art Movements (Visual Art)) The researcher adopted the experimental research methodology by designing research tools represented by the two achievement tests (pre- and post-cognitive and skill-based) and a skill performance evaluation form, in addition to presenting the research variables and the procedures for applying the experiment, then the statistical methods. The fourth chapter included the results he reached, and the researcher came out with a set of conclusions after which the researcher put forward a set of recommendations and proposals.

Simulation and its symbolic reflection in contemporary interior design techniques are an extension of designers’ thoughts and feelings, as they represent a means of communication and transfer of information between eras, and what it shows of symbolic reflection in interior design processes in light of the intellectual and historical development that is based on the foundation of simulation and the connection with social values that express the design capacity of the technical act and its formal product. The researcher's review of many designs of (major conference meeting halls in the Arab Gulf states) revealed a role that contributed to activating the simulation expressing its symbolic reflection in the techniques of interior space. In light of this, the research problem is revealed by the question: What is the role of simulation and its symbolic reflections in the techniques of contemporary interior design? While the aim of the study is embodied inThe role of simulation was revealed and its symbolic reflections were revealed in contemporary interior design techniques. The spatial and temporal boundaries included the interior spaces represented by (major conference meeting halls in the Arab Gulf states) for the period (2019-2016), while the second chapter included three topics. The first dealt with: the concept of simulation in interior design, the second: the structural reflection inInterior design, and the third: symbolic reflection in the design of the large conference meeting hall. As for the third chapter, the research adopted the descriptive approach to analyze the sample model, while the samples were determined in a deliberate selective manner at a rate of (33.3%) of the research community consisting of 3 countries, while the fourth chapter included extracting the results, conclusions, recommendations and proposals of the research.

This research investigates the position of critical thinking within the semiological environment of contemporary graphic design. Rather than treating critical thinking as a post-design evaluative act, it is approached as a generative function embedded within the symbolic–technical structure of the visual mark. The study examines how visual signs operate within algorithmic systems that regenerate meaning from statistical and perceptual models, thereby transforming design from a communicative function into an encoded generative system that repositions the designer as an active node within a knowledge-based operating structure. By analyzing the shift from representation to generation, the research explores how critical thinking is activated through questioning the conditions that produce the sign—not merely its interpretation. It applies a semiological–computational framework to three generative graphic design samples, investigating how the sign operates as a dynamic interpretive field, how the computational medium reshapes perception, and how the relationship between design and viewer is constructed through layered symbolic structures. Findings demonstrate that critical thinking does not emerge from the complexity of form, but from the complexity of its emergence. Algorithms not only generate images but regulate the interpretive field. Generative design reconfigures the designer’s role within the system and transforms the viewer into an interpretive agent, whose visual cognition is conditioned by the logic of the machine. Moreover, culturally encoded symbols are reactivated not as decorative elements but as sites of perceptual resistance. The study recommends the integration of new analytic methodologies in design education—those that approach artificial intelligence as an epistemological tool—and calls for a redefinition of the visual sign as a generative structure rather than a semantic surface, to establish critical thinking as a foundational practice within the contemporary graphic design field.