with its favorable geographical location, qazvin has long been a center of civilization in the iranian plateau. due to its strategic importance and being situated on the way to routes going to west and east, qazvin has always enjoyed military and political significance in both the pre-islamic and the islamic period. after the muslim arabs’ conquest of persia, qazvin became one of the borders of...

This paper presents a methodology for tile image reconstruction. This methodology is integrated in a computer tool that allows automatic image analysis. Both, the reconstruction and analysis techniques are based on vectorial tools, the application of the theory of symmetry groups and perceptual psychology. Image analysis allows us to obtain information about design patterns which is used to res...

(received 4 jan 2014, accepted 2 mar 2014) abstract mazandaran, the northern province of iran, as an area with a different climate and political situation in their own special place has been allocated with itself in the history of this land. researchers familiar with the history, culture and art of ancient civilizations, have known this place a good platform for own exploring and searching. the...

abstractone of the methods for communications with various people's culture and art is to understand their views and beliefs as well as possible. in many cases, such beliefs appear in the forms of motifs and pictures drawn on artworks and historical-cultural artifacts; therefore, recognition of these patterns is of great importance in this regard. the meander pattern is one of such motifs ...