Molded motifs in Ilkhanid mihrabs are masterpieces of design and implementation. The aim of this study is to describe, analyze and compare the Oljaitu mihrab, Pirbakran mausoleum mihrab, Oshtorjan mosque mihrab and Haftshouyeh mosque mihrab in terms of plants and geometric motifs, proportions, structure and geometric relationships in a descriptive-analytic manner. Identification and comparison ...

Shahsevan nomads live in Northwest of Iran. This tribe was established in Safavid era which is one of the magnificent periods in the Iranian history, as a powerful army by Shah Abbas I to support Ghezelbash soldiers as the strong defending forces of the country to encounter the foreign powers. The tribe was scattered in different historical periods to settle in different areas such as the centr...

Aali Qapu Palace, one of the prominent buildings of the Safavid era in Isfahan, is significant in terms of architecture and decorations. Despite the conducted studies on this building, it still has outstanding capabilities, especially in examining the types of decorations and architectural ornaments. By taking a closer look at the motifs in the plaster decorations of this palace (killed paste),...

   Religious thoughts presented through beautiful artistic forms have always had a deep effect on humans. As traditional forms of art were often used for expressing religious ideas, these ideas were diffused from one civilization to another. Artists of other civilizations used these forms to express their own religious beliefs. The present study seeks to compare and contrast the underlying ideo...

The subject of geometry and proportions has been regarded as an issue which has a close relationship with architecture. Since the entire universe, living beings and the human geometry can be seen clearly, that’s why our unconscious essence has accustomed to these proportions whereby reflection of this mentality can be seen in the architect’s hands and thought in the architecture. It can witness...

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...

Potteries known as “Minai” are one of the valuable types of potteries remained from middle Islamic era, which were produced between 575 and 616 AH in middle of Islamic civilization, in the late period of Seljuk and Khwarazmshahi era in Iran. Such potteries were found in works obtained from Ray, Kashan, Saveh, and in a limited number in Nishapur and Tabriz that in terms of motifs and their compo...