Mapping the Museum Space: Verbal and Nonverbal Semiosis in a Public Art Museum

Desiging Tabriz Carpet Art Museum Architecture Based on the Blue Mosque Historical Context Identity Potentials

Due to universal importance of Tabriz carpet art and presence of specific indicators and motifs in Tabriz carpet art and its potentials, existence of architectural site for representing this art as carpet art museum in Tabriz is necessary. The site of this project is located adjacent to Tabriz Blue Mosque near the museum historical site. It is essential to consider the historical elements and c...

Defining the relationship between the evolutions of the museum institution and the nationalism discourse in the modern and postmodern era

The museum as a cultural-social institution is influenced by the values of the society and the ideology that dominates it. Among these ideologies is nationalism, which has been particularly important in the formation and evolution of museums in the world. The transformation of museums since the establishment of this institution in Europe can be related to the idea of nationalism, which can be e...

A comparative study of the text inside the Mihrabi rug by Zareh Penyamin and Topkapi Palace Museum according to the existing discourse in the 16th and 19th

IIn the country of Turkey, in the city of Hereke, at the end of the 19th century, rugs known as Mihrabi became popular, which were inspired by the rugs of the Safavid era and kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum. In these rugs, which are reproduced in royal workshops on a large scale, some changes have been made in the verbal text and incorporated visual elements. Among the rugs that seem to have ...

Introducing Books/ Iranian Art: Collecting Iranian Art Pieces for Victoria and Albert Museum, Mohammad Javad Ahmadinia

A Comparative Study of Motives and Decoration of Iranian Safavid and Indian Mongolian Astrolabes (case study: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago)

Iranian and Indian Art in Safavid period has a lot of attachments to each other that its effects are visible in abundance of decorations. In that period of time, astrolabe-making especially in Iran and India went a new way and delicate and prolific decorations covered the entire space of the astrolabes. As regards to that the astrolabe has been studied more scientifically regardless of its visu...