An Analytical Study of Selected works of The Artist Esmat Dawestashy during Covid-19 Pandemic in Egypt.

Abstract

The artist was not in isolation from the dangers that threaten humanity, the artist has been affected - everywhere - the atmosphere of pandemic, Including the Covid-19 pandemic (Corona virus) that the world is witnessing now, The Egyptian artist was a model for this interaction between art and the environment, Among them is the artist Esmat Dawestashy, This was demonstrated through the analysis of his artistic selections, Influenced art by artistic methods, Driven by a cultural heritage influenced by the artist in his artwork. So the research question was, what are the symbols and motifs that the artist Esmat Dawestashy expressed about the Covid-19 pandemic in the field of painting? Therefore the researcher has reviewed the most important artistic features of the artist's work Esmat Dawestashy, and then analyze an anthology of the artist's works on the Covid19 pandemic through the critical theory of Howard Risatti, Which contains three basic stages of a descriptive analysis, then formal analysis and meaning analysis, In order to learn about the elements and motifs that the artist Esmat Dawestashy inspired to express the Covid-19 pandemic in the field of painting. A selection of the works of the artist Esmat Dawestashy has been analyzed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, and that was at the beginning of the year of 2020, AD. The selected artworks dealt with how to portray this epidemic, and the events that affected and had a role in that artistic group, such as the quarantine time, people communicate with each other and the artist's optimism to remove that human tragedy, And then access to the artistic features of the artist during the Covid-19 pandemic period, and reach the results of the research.