Rereading the Themes and Imagery of Birds in the Qajar Wall Paintings of Mazandaran with a Literary and Mystical Approach [PDF]
Due to the creativity of her artists in using decorations, Iran’s architecture is full of beauty, variation, and aesthetic. Bird motifs in historical native buildings, both independently and in combination with other forms, go far beyond the aesthetic ...
Marjaneh Naderi Gorzoddini +1 more
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Comparative Analysis of Representative and Symbolic Elements in the Texts and Illustrations of Two Qajar Manuscripts of Nizami Ganjavi’s Haft Peykar [PDF]
Haft Peykar (alternatively known as Haft Gonbad or Bahramnameh) represents the fourth opus of Nizami Ganjavi’s illustrious corpus, divided into epic and lyrical segments within its narrative framework.
Ameneh Mafitabar
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Irina Kochoridzé. L’art ‘Oriental’ en Géorgie. Architecture et peintures à l’huile [PDF]
Several Qajar paintings in the Georgian National Museum of Fine Arts are briefly analyzed that were painted between the reign of Fatḥ-‘Alī Šāh (1797-1834) and 1901/02. One of them is a rare official portrait of Moḥammad Šāh (1834-1848).
Rota, Giorgio
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Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion. [PDF]
Reader J +25 more
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Face of the Seven Spheres: Urban Morphology and Architecture in Nineteenth‐Century Isfahan
This essay on Qajar architecture in Isfahan is part of a more general investigation of urbanism, politics, and the shape, iconography, and meaning of the city in the nineteenth century.
Heidi Walcher
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A scenographer's perspective on Arabic theatre and Arab-Muslim identity [PDF]
This study explores the issue of Arab-Muslim identity from the viewpoint of a Kuwaiti visual artist and scenographer who is also an academic and teacher.
Alhajri, Khalifah Rashed
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The Aesthetics of Form and Theme in the Products of Qajar Ceramics
لقد أصبح من البديهيات اعتبار الشكل نوعا من (ملحق زخرفي) يوفر قيمة ترفيهية جمالية بينما كانت عملية الإرشاد التي ترتبط بالمضمون تسير قدما وفق ماهو مخطط لها, لقد أضحى الشكل الوعاء الذي يصب فيه المضمون، ونظريا كان الوعاء ذاته قادرا على استقبال مضامين عدة ...
العبيدي, وعد محمد حسوني +1 more
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The study of decorative elements of Siamian Gorji House
Among different architectural artifacts developed in history of architecture in Iran most of which are based on traditional architecture, house is regarded as most significant architectural artifact since it is one of the earliest architectural ...
Salehi, A, Goljah, M.N., Baladehi, A.S.
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Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World Art, Craft and Text
The material and visual culture of the Islamic World casts vast arcs through space and time, and encompasses a huge range of artefacts and monuments from the minute to the grandiose, from ceramic pots to the great mosques. Here, Venetia Porter and Mariam
Porter, Venetia
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Through the analysis of historical sources from the Timurid and Safavid periods onwards and ethnographic fieldwork on the storytelling art naqqāli, the article shows how many of its performative and narrative elements persist over the centuries and are ...
Gioele Zisa
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