Carpet is one of the oldest and most ancient traditional arts that in addition to satisfying practical needs, reflects beliefs, myths and other conceptions. These concepts are manifested in the context of rugs, with colorful and beautiful motifs informed by inspiration. In this paper, in addition to identification of animal motifs in the rural rugs of Hamadan, these motifs have been classified ...

Pre-historic pottery investigating is one of the sources that provide a lot of information about the life and art of that time. Among Iranian arts, Pottery is of a greater antiquity, originality and importance and represents people’s culture, beliefs and traditions more than any other art. After basket weaving, pottery has been the first lasting art of mankind. By investigating earthenware moti...

Pre-historic pottery investigating is one of the sources that provide a lot of information about the life and art of that time. Among Iranian arts, Pottery is of a greater antiquity, originality and importance and represents people’s culture, beliefs and traditions more than any other art. After basket weaving, pottery has been the first lasting art of mankind. By investigating earthenware moti...

Rock art can be regarded as one of the oldest art forms of human societies throughout history. Therefore, the study and analysis of the art of petroglyphs plays a special role in understanding social relationships, beliefs, culture and other aspects of human life. These motifs are of great importance regarding archeological studies of anthropology; anthropology and art history was of great impo...

In a wide range of fabrics attributed to Sasanian era, animal motifs are observable in the form of geometric designs, including medallions. The case study in the present paper concerned animal motifs of Sassanid textiles with a focus on natural and non-domesticated animals that were able to be depicted in the form of a Medallion design alone and without the presence of a hunter. According to th...

After a survey on one hundred and thirty samples of Kurmanji Kilims and extraction of their natural motifs, this study is trying to propose a typology of this motifs and characterize their methods of composition. The data reviewed in this article, have been gathered in a field and documentary research. The patterns of the Kurmanji Kilim can be categorized into four groups: 1. Natural motifs, 2....

The hunting & animal patterns is indeed one of the most important & effective motifs which can be seen in Persian Art since ancient times. For a long period of time, these motifs (which include religious & old mythological concepts, and tell about the geographical & natural human being environment, as well as his own desires, his domineeringness, and struggle for survival), have been designed &...

Ghelimche Metkazin village in addition to the abundance of role, mentally woven and of a simple structure. The variety of animal and plant designs and understandable  geometric shapes and the creation of creative design during the drawing of motifs on the margin and the text and the way weavers adapted from the nature and environment of life and the re-imaging of images has led to a variety of ...