Mr Abdollah Mirzaee, Dr Morteza Shajari, Dr Mohammad Taghi Pirbabaei,
Volume 10, Issue 25 (9-2014)
Abstract
Iranian carpets as a manifestation of Persian art, due to the capabilities of Islamic art, have been a context for epiphany of this art doctrine. Mehrabi carpets of the Golden Age of Persian carpet-waving arts, Safavid era, can br regarded as the flagship model in the manifestations of this art. These carpets often were woven with religious functions and to fulfill religious obligations. Koranic pictographs and Asma’al Hosna along with plant and geometric motifs have covered the context of this carpets. In this study, the expression of epiphany concept and position of Asma’al Hosna in Islamic art are discussed due to analysis of six samples of the Safavid Mehrabi carpets for emphasizing the epiphany of God in this hand-woven carpets. Our findings suggest that: (i) The various manifestations of the divines epiphany are hidden on Mehrabi carpets; and (ii) The calligraphies used in the Safavid carpets contain mystical and Koranic concepts for better approach of worshipers towards God. This research is accomplished with using library resources and qualitative research methods, i.e. analysis –descriptive ones.
Ehsan Hamidi, Hamid Farahmand Boroojeni, Mahdi Ebrahimi Alavije,
Volume 15, Issue 35 (9-2019)
Abstract
Abstract
After the arrival of Islam and the prohibition of the use of animals and human figures, the Islamic artists invented new and different manners to decorate various art forms; one of this way was applying different calligraphy styles in their pieces. The carpet was one those which got influenced by calligraphy
This investigation will study the importance of writing and calligraphy; and the factors, which influence on the quality and execution of rules and geometry of writing in carpet through analyzing the collected samples and a descriptive-analytical manner. It is well known that the carpet, in comparison with the other branches of art, has a limitation in execution and techniques especially in design. This investigation has analyzed the samples up to Qajar period while considering the technical limitations as the main obstacle for the lack of executing the letters in calligraphy although with utmost beauty and maturity, and also taking into consideration that the use of writing as a subsidiary factor, leads to less attention to its execution. Eventually, it is concluded that the technical limitation, in some cases human mistakes, neglect and imprecision were factors, which had influence on execution of the carpet.
Between different types of writing, Nastaliq was the only script, which has received most infliction in both execution form and technical points.
