Questioning the “classical” in Persian painting: models and problems of definition [PDF]
In scholarship on Persian book arts, paintings have tended to be organized according to a rise-and-fall model. Within this overarching framework, the Ilkhanid period represents the birth of painting and the Qajar era its supposed decline, while Timurid ...
Christiane Gruber
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Where Have All the Symbols Gone?: A Study of Sufis and Sufi Symbolism in Ottoman Miniature Paintings
Ottoman miniature paintings represent some of the best preserved and documented works of Islamic art still extant. They differ critically from other forms of miniature painting, such as Persian miniature painting, by not representing Sufi symbolism.
Siegel, Jesse E.
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Recognize of the Form and Spatial Structure of Safavid Historic Gardens. Case Study: Bagh-i Shah of Ashraf al-Belad City (Behshahr's old name), North of Iran [PDF]
In Safavid period, some royal gardens have been created in Ashraf Al-Belad, a city that was established in place of an old residential village, in north of Iran which remained some traces of them at present time.
Samira Mansouri
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A Critique of Iran in the Safavid Era [PDF]
The main purpose of this article is to analyze and criticize the ideological ideas of the historiography of Shah Isma'il I Safavid in the book of Iran in the Safavid Era by Ali Akbar Velayati.
Behzad Karimi
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A Sociolinguistic Investigation of the influence of power in Ālam-ārā-ye Safawi [PDF]
The works remaining from any period are definitive mirrors of the thought, culture and language of that era. The reflection of ideology, mentality, language, and the path and practice of the pillars of power have both direct and indirect effects on ...
Manizhe pourali, Ghahreman Shiri
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Transformation of Public Spaces and Changing Pattern of Mobility in a Historic City, Case Study: Isfahan, Iran [PDF]
Esfahan is one of the central and historic cities of Iran, which dates back to 2000 years ago. The city is enriched with crafts and folk art, which has lead to it being registered as part of the Creative Cities Network of UNESCO. The centerpiece of the
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Domestic architecture in Safavid Iran, 1501-1737 [PDF]
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.This thesis reveals, for the first time, the significance, scope and achievements of Safavid (1501-1736) domestic architecture in Iran.
Dehgani, M
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Pir Sultan Abdal : Encounters with persona in Alevi lyric song [PDF]
In his 1997 Nobel Prize lecture, Contra jogulatores obliquentes, Italian dramatist Dario Fo makes an oblique reference to a famous medieval Ottoman "jester."1 The "jester" is not mentioned by name but rather in the context of the murder of 35 artists and
Koerbin, Paul
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Investigating the influence of power on Safavid period prose based on the sociology of language based on the book Alam Arai Abbasi [PDF]
Language is one of the most prominent and important stylistic elements in literary studies. Any change and transformation in the form and content of the language of a literary work shows the evolutions of the attitude and knowledge of the creator of the ...
Manizhe Pourali, Ghahraman Shiri
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Debating secularism: A liberal cosmopolitan perspective. [PDF]
Gülalp H.
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