graffiti as one of the social phenomenon has a very long record. however, the graffiti in modern civilization has been put forth as a media. in this article, efforts have been made to study the graffiti from the linguistic perspective. in this research, 2929 graffiti from different districts in the north, south, east, west and center of tehran have been registered and then extracted and analyze...

tombstones have been mirrors of the culture and customs of traditional societies in iran. in pristine areas such as the city of the province of ilam; darreh-shahr, decorative motifs of tombstones are a gateway to the world of religious and cultural thoughts of the people of this land. the city darreh-shahr cemetery tombstones are similar to other iran regions and abdanan tombstones in ilam, ado...

swastika designs applied for ornamenting in many different arts before islamic period. these designs have important role in architecture ornaments at islamic period. in this paper we study concepts, aesthetic and evolution of these designs in islamic period architecture ornaments from beginning to end of zand and ghajar era. the thoughtful artists of islamic periods comprehended from the beginn...

iran is a large country with a vast variety of tribes and ethnic groups. these various tribes are unified with a national language and culture while using their own local languages and enriching ethnic art forms. among iranian ethnic groups, the turkmen are remarkable for their art of carpet weaving which has a unique structure compared to other designs and textures. the charming motifs on turk...