Technology Artistic of Casting the Reproductions Metals in Ancient Iraq from the Old Period to the End of the Sumerian Era

Abstract

The study refers to an important artistic method that was used to make metal artworks in ancient Iraq, which is the technique of casting molds and artistic reproductions. The research begins with the definition of this technique and methods of using it and its types, where the open mold and closed mold, and methods of casting and reproduction of metal arts through those molds, then the research touches on the rooting of the technique from the earliest times in ancient Iraq, and the most important artistic products that indicate this, then how this technique gradually developed, and the extent of its development until the end of the Sumerian ERA, through an analytical study of the most important metal arts from that period. The approach followed by the research is the approach of historical research through the study of variables, where the historical approach depends on following the history of the phenomenon or problem and how it developed longitudinally during the previous periods and then the features of development are derived.