Considerations on society through Saudi women’s art

This research deals with two important and long controversial topics in Saudi society: women and the arts.  This study focuses on the development of social commentary through the work of Saudi female artists in the visual arts, photography, and modern art.  It presents a survey of the history of women’s education in the arts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from when art education began to be understood through the term painting in the year 1348/1929 until after its study was established under the name arts education in the year 1382/1962. Then when specialized departments, colleges, and other educational institutes specialized in art in both the private and public sectors were founded.  The research seeks to present the role of women in pre- Islamic and traditional art, in addition to the relation between women and the arts throughout three generations in modern art and present times.  This study also addresses the difficulties and obstacles women face in this field