Plagiarism and Artefacts A Phenomenon of Neglected

Ethics

Prof. Dr. Aalia Sohail Khan & Prof. Dr. Mamoona Khan

Women Campus, University of Gujrat,

PAKISTAN

OBJECTIVES

• To Recognise / Accept/ Acknowledge Prime Sources of Aesthetic Creations

• To Accept/Acknowledge art as a tool to detect Intellectual Theft

1. Six-dimensional World of Muslim Miniature Painting vs fourth-dimension of Pablo Picasso

2. Origin of Robotic Technology

3. Attribution of Tessellation of five-fold Symmetry

4. Muslim Design : a Repository of certain Chemical Formulas

THEMES OF THE STUDY

Spatial Dimensions and the Art of Painting

1st THEME:

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3rd Dimensionality, the only concern of western artists prior to the Modern Era

To attain 3rd dimensionality they evolved:

• Linear Perspective

• Aerial Perspective

The Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna 1480: An example of Linear Perspective

The Last Judgement by Michelangelo, 1536-41 Another example of perspective

Rain, Steam and Speed by J. M. W. Turner: Example of Areial Perspective

4th Dimension Introduced by Pablo Picasso

The Weeping Woman by Picasso, 1937. Oil on canvas. 60cm × 49cm. An example of 4th dimension of Picasso

Girl with a Mandolin by Picasso, 1910. Oil on canvas. 1oo.3cm ×73.6 cm. Another example of 4th dimension

6th Dimensional Space of Muslim Miniature Painting

Life in a Town, from Khamsa-i Nīzāmi, Tabrīz, 1539-43. Opaque water colours, ink and gold on paper. 28.3cm×20cm.

Palace of the Prince cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Lady in Kitchen & the Market Place cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Religious Leader with a Young Boy cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Young Ladies on the Terrace cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Discussion between a Scholar and a Girl cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Drowsy Lady and a Dog cropped out section from Slide No. 13

Deat h of Zahhak from Hougton’s Shāhnāma Tabrīz, 1527. 47.3×17.0 cm

Subterranean Chamber of the Cave with Zahhak Hanged cropped out section from Slide No. 20

Mobile / Circular Perceptions Stationary / Rectilinear Vision

2nd THEME:

Robotic Technology &

Muslim Miniature Painting

George Dovel / 1954

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Al- Jazari / 13th century

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Servant with a water ewer, from al-Jazari’s Automata, 1315 Opaque water colours and ink on paper

The Elephant Clock by al-Jazari 1206

3rd THEME:

Five-Fold Symmetry in Architectonic Ornamentation

Darb-i Imam Portal, 1453

Plagiarism

Geometric Design of the Tomb of Mama Hatun, Turkey

Tomb of Mama Hatun, Turkey

Tomb of Mama Hatun, Turkey

4TH THEME:

Muslim Designs & Chemical Formulas

Design resembling Bohar’s Atomic Model in Wazīr Khān Masjid. Lahore, Pakiatan

Bohar’s Atomic Model

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