The Impact of Identity in Determining the Characteristics of the Public Arts in Landscape Anfal Hamodat Abstract Public arts represent one of the components of design of landscape architectural spaces, which in their appearance and content constitute the general shape of the space by virtue of its appearance, shapes and different geometrical and irregular patterns. By focusing on the city’s cultural identity, it is possible to understand the type of arts to which the region belongs. The design of the public art and the impact of the city’s cultural and cultural identity in influencing the formation of such arts in contemporary landscapes by understanding their visual properties and identifying them in subsequent productions, thus gaining those spaces of cultural value. It gives a spirit, a sense of place and identity, and creates unforgettable places with its aesthetic artistic symbols, such as symbolic signs and references frequented by people. These arts sometimes challenge social customs as well as promote social interaction and belonging to the place. From the previous literature, we found the lack of knowledge in determining the design characteristics that affect the identification of the cultural place as the art belonging to the community, and the study of a series of design examples related to different cultures could identify many of the characteris- tics of public art that must be taken into account in the design of such arts. These arts can not only be decorative, but are integrated with the surrounding environment. Each country has its own art. It is important to note that there is no single artistic characteristic of all the arts of the whole world. But the community is what creates art in itself. The communities are constantly changing and with them the general taste changes. These arts have a great role in welcoming strangers in their peculiar designs, bright colours and architectural details, making them attractive to tourists from all over the world. It can be noted that the public arts cannot be characterized by eternity. They change according to the time changes of the society. This has been observed in the loss of many landscapes with the artistic content of their value, attracting the change of time, while many of them have lived throughout the years. A source of attraction over the years. Keywords Public art Á Landscape design Á Identity Á Street, city, urban spaces, design 1 Introduction The public art is one of the distinguishing features of foreign spaces capable of providing a specific cultural and social value. It may be an economic value for its expression of the history of the place and the culture of its users, thus giving meaning and uniqueness to space and making it a continuous manifold between the present and the future. It is considered one of the features of urban renewal after it was merely a decoration, historical images and expressive drawings to include a monument and an architectural sculpture that expresses the architecture itself, in turn inte- grated with the nature of the place that was established. Complex forms bold expressed about the identity of the place and gave a sense of belonging to him. Landscapes are acquired in nature, which makes them unique in history and future, between disciplines and ideas. In addition to enhancing, the identity of cities and their cultural value, making them places that people go to and return to with their various artistic expressions; it also gives a sense and spirit to the place and its identity and generates unforgettable places with its symbols. In public places and its contribution by giving comfort to its users. A. Hamodat (&) Department of Architecture, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq e-mail: anfal_eng_architect@yahoo.com; anfal.azzam@uomosul.edu.iq © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 N. Mohareb et al. (eds.), Cities’ Vocabularies: The Influences and Formations, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51961-2_11 157