Showing 15 results for Qajar
Mr Mehdi Keshavarz Afshar, Dr Samad Samanian,
Volume 3, Issue 8 (3-2008)
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A new trend of weaving pictures in Qajar era is considered to be a revolution in the art of carpet-weaving whether from viewpoint of form or concept. These pictorial rugs were intended to be spread on the floor no more, but they were woven for visual satisfaction, exactly as pictures. These pictures are like an encyclopedia of the cultural life of that era, which covers beliefs, culture and life of the people and can be employed for discovering unknown aspects of their culture and outlook. This paper has amid to understand and find the meaning of one of these rugs, namely "Mary and Jesus Christ" by analyzing it using Erwin Panofsky's iconographic method for finding different meaning layers. The paper concludes that the above-mentioned rug has the function of an icon and for fulfilling its "monumental" and "didactic" objectives makes use of Islam doctrine, Qoran's verses and Iranian mystical art and literature. At the end, in search of deep and concealed meanings of this icon hidden beneath its different meaning layers and for finding its "artistic desire" and cultural reasons for its creation, this article shows the votive objective of this rug as a means of obtaining offspring and conforms the public's belief in miraculous power of the icon.
Mrs Tayebeh Sabaghpour Arani, Dr Mahnaz Shayestehfar,
Volume 5, Issue 14 (3-2010)
Abstract
It is not an exaggeration to say that Iran’s cultural, artistic and even national identity is to some extent related and tied with carpet. The history of carpet weaving is an honorable and glorious one. And today’s artists in this field would not be successful without relying on this rich and fruitful past and using their own creativity. Therefore, the scholars of this field have to closely examine and investigate patterns and motifs of carpets and introduce their findings to the carpet society. This way, they can recall us of a great identity which sometimes is being concealed in the shadow of innovations. Here the authors have tried to investigate an important part of the history of this art in the Qajar era and to introduce the especial characteristics of patterns and motifs in Carpet Museum of Iran. The method of this research is descriptive and analytical one and the data is collected by library-based and field study methods. Appearance and extension of pictorial patterns, extension of “Bandie Golfarang”, “Bandie Boteh” patterns, extension of "rose" ," Boteh" and "Mahi dar Ham" motifs, naturalism and simple and unassuming style are among the characteristics of Qajar carpets.
Mr Hojatolah Rashadi, Dr Mohsen Marasi,
Volume 7, Issue 20 (3-2012)
Abstract
The extensive developments of Iranian arts in Qajar era eventually led to pictorial representation in almost all forms of art. Carpet weaving was no exception too and during this era the so-called pictorial carpets emerged. Although the images of these carpets mostly appeared in the central field, the borders of the carpets also underwent drastic developments. The findings of this essay indicate that despite weakening of the borders, they have never been removed and were always as an indispensible part of such carpets. In some of the carpets, one can see that the proportions of borders are not right but their provenance is identifiable. The methodology of this research is descriptive-analytical one. The statistical population consists of 79 pictorial carpets of Qajar era and the data have been collected using both desk and field studies.
Dr Ali Asghar Shirazi, Mr Hesam Keshavarz,
Volume 7, Issue 20 (3-2012)
Abstract
In the late of the Qajar era, a Persianized Iranian royal family of Azerbaijani Turkic origin which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925, the Isfahan carpet design was revived by some of the artists such as Mirza Aqa Emami and Mohammad Hossein Mosavver Al-Molki. One of the leading artists in the late of the Qajar period and the early of the next period, Mohammad Hossein Mosavver Al-Molki, known as Haj Mossaver, was an innovator whether in painting or carpet design. However, the traditions of the Safavid painting and design are dominant in his works. He revived the hunting design which belonged to the previous periods specially Safavid era in the Isfahan carpet. In this paper, the Mosavver Al-Molki’s hunting designs is studied with a descriptive-analytical method and the paper’s data is collected through an observational and library-based research. The study revealed that his works were not a mere imitation. He changed the horizontal composition of the Safavid hunting carpets to the vertical composition. As a result, a high horizon was created in the hunting scene. Haj Mosavver had a realistic perspective in his designs and so, he solved the problem of the separation between the nature of the field and the elements of hunting scene in traditional hunting carpets via converting the vines and palmettos to the small bushes and shrubs. In fact, his work was a logical relationship between the contemporary carpet design and the Safavid’s.
Mrs Elahe Imani, Dr Mahmod Tavoosi, Dr Amirhosein Chitsaziyan, Dr Ali Sheykh Mehdi,
Volume 11, Issue 28 (3-2016)
Abstract
Iranian hand-woven carpet is a national art rooted in the ancient civilization, culture and history of Iran. In history, carpet designs have been transformed, due to changes in society and at times subjects, designs, shapes and combinations are brought in or taken out. For example, during Qajar Era, new social transformations resulted in the invention of new motifs in rugs in contrast to former abstract motifs; with simulated or imagined images of kings.
This paper studies pictorial rugs of Qajar period with a sociological approach and with Laclau and Mouffe discourse analysis beside the semantic structure of Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic axes of Ferdinand de Saussure. It aims at finding the answer for the question of what discourse signifiers were affecting those rugs and the reason behind the popularity of the images of mythical ancient Iranian kings at that era.
Descriptive-analytic approach is used in this study and library documents were applied as data source. Ten samples of pictorial rugs, with Iranian kings as their subject, were selected randomly as the sample. The findings of this study reveal that since a willingness to find an Iranian identity right against other nations was to emerge at that era, people who travelled to Europe tended to find the reason behind Iran’s underdevelopment. As a result, they introduced mythical kings and the pre-Islamic era as the ideal kings and the golden age, which was being reflected in the rugs of that period. The structure of motifs’ companionship seem to be replaced by images of kings in order to emphasize the hegemony of their divinely spiritual legitimacy and political power in the world.
Dr Alireza Khajeh Ahmad Attari, Dr Mohammad Taghi Ashouri, Mr Bijan Arbabi, Dr Mehdi Keshavarz Afshar,
Volume 13, Issue 31 (9-2017)
Abstract
Despite the fact that many branches of art and craft were affected by the ideas of Western modernity in the Qajar era including painting, architecture, poetry, literature and handicrafts, carpet-weaving art preserved its cultural traditions and mainly represented its traditional motifs and designs. The present paper aims to study the economics and the situation of carpet-weaving in the Qajar era, to understand how production relationships and the presence of foreign companies affected the development of the traditional carpet weaving of Qajar era, and also to know what the role of consumer markets of the West was in the preservation of traditional design and motifs of carpets in this epoch. This research is a historical-descriptive- analytical research in terms of nature and method, where desk study method has been used for data collection. The research reveals some results which show that an increase in the exports of Qajari carpets as well as the presence of foreign investments in the carpet-weaving areas of Iran, resulted from the impact of the Western consumers markets, were decisive factors in maintaining and the preservation of traditional designs and motifs of Qajari carpets.
Dr Hasan Akbari, Mrs Helen Nakhustin Khayat, Mr Armin Nakhustin Khayat,
Volume 13, Issue 32 (3-2018)
Abstract
In Islamic culture, "garden" is a manifestation of heaven in appearance, So the carpet and garden are the mirrors of heaven. In this research, the design patterns of Iranian garden and garden carpets in Safavid and Qajar period are identified and compared with each other. The goal of this research is to investigate the interactions of form, geometry and patterns of design in garden carpet and Iranian garden. In this research, the effects of the dominant elements and characcteristics such as architectural and natural elements, motifs, forms and design principles, in Isfahan “Chehelsoton” garden", Kashan "Fin” garden, Mahan "Shahzadeh” garden" and Shiraz "Jannat” garden" are surveyed and compared with 12 samples of garden carpets belonging to the 16th , 17th and 18 th centuries. The result of the research is that, the design of Iranian gardens and garden carpets have some principles in common, inspiring and affecting each other. Gardening pattern in "Fin" ," Shahzadeh" ,"Chehelsoton" and "Jannat” gardens are closely similar to each other. Based on the results of the research, the most indices of Iranian Gardens are found in "Fin" with 81.5 percent, "Chehelsoton" &,"Shahzadeh" with 74 percent and "Jannat" with 66.6 percent which accordingly have the most effects on garden carpet design patterns. Also, "Bage Behesht" carpet (carpet No. 3) has the most accordance and "Garden Rug" (carpet No. 12) has the least harmony with characteristics and indices of Iranian gardens.
Mrs. Farnoosh Iranmanesh, Dr Ali Vandshoari,
Volume 14, Issue 34 (3-2019)
Abstract
In the domain of rural and nomadic carpet weaving of Fars Province, there are various common patterns and designs. One of these famous patterns is called Yeksar Nazem which, in the past, solely belonged to Qashqai and Kashkouli tribes but, at present, is popular in other areas of Fars Province as well. The main feature of this pattern is its general structure and elements which have been skeptically categorized by researchers in different contextual forms. This pattern has been studied by some researchers among Mehrabi carpets and Darghahi pattern which opens to a garden. The aim of this research is to study the main features of Yeksar Nazem pattern and to identify its main elements in Fars Province carpets so that its pattern of change from Qajar to the present period can be obtained. This study is descriptive-analytic which qualitatively analyzes the main elements of Yeksar Nazem carpets of Fars Province in two groups of old and new carpets. The method of data collection is field and library study. 50 samples of Yeksar Nazem carpets were considered as the main data pool, out of which, and based on the available frequencies, 10 carpets were purposefully (non-randomly) selected as old carper samples and 10 carpets as new ones. The results indicate that the structural form of the pattern and the main features of Yeksar Nazem carpets have observed changes in the structure and the attitude towards the content of this pattern from Qajar era to the contemporary period. This pattern has recently appeared among new carpets with diversity in overall composition and simplicity in the form of elements. Its weaving place has also been extended from a particular geographical area to wider areas in Fars Province.
Reza Sehhat Manesh,
Volume 15, Issue 35 (9-2019)
Abstract
Carpet weaving constituted the most important industry of Kerman province in the end of Qajars period. This industry attracted a large number of manpower and allotted itself the highest digit of export. There were many factories in flourishing carpet weaving of Kerman. The most effective factor in the prosperous of the industry was outer investing and foreign demand. In this investigation, the author on the bases of historical documents, texts and using descriptive-analytical method set out to discuss about weaving of carpet in Kerman and want to response to the question; What was the association between the capitalist system and the global market with carpet industry of Kerman during the Qajar period? Findings of the study shows growth of carpet weaving ensued by a type of global division of labor and on the bases of it, Iran had placed on the edge of international business system. Concentration in carpet weaving declined partly the other industries and attracted manpower of other manufacturing. Therefore carpet weaving was placed in the pinnacle industries of Kerman and even Iran. Rate of carpet trade between years of 1906-1907/1324-1325 embraced 53/21 percent of the whole of Kerman’s export. This digit in the years 1909-1910 increased to over 99/5 percent and on the eve of WWI, in 1913-1914 export of Iranian carpet and shawl to Europe and America by Bander Abbas outlet elevated to 97/78 percent of Kerman’s trade.
Bentolhoda Yaghoobi, Mohammad Khorasanizade,
Volume 16, Issue 38 (2-2021)
Abstract
The carpet "Bahram Gour and Haft Gonbad " in the Carpet Museum of Iran is one of the pictorial carpets of the Qajar period, which tells one of the stories of "haft peikar (Seven Figures)" by Nezami Ganjavi, about Bahramchr('39')s marriage to the princes of seven climates. This carpet has been studied from different angles, but the connection between this carpet and Qajar architecture has not been considered. In this article, we try to extract the architectural elements and arrays in the carpet and answer the question: What are the manifestations of the common architectural style of the Qajar period in the carpet of "Bahram Gour and Haft Gonbad"? The method of this research has been descriptive-analytical and historical, and the collection of materials and documents has been in a library method. In this research, after examining the story of Bahram Gour and Haft Gonbad, some architectural features of the Qajar era are expressed and then, the architectural elements of this era are compared with the painted images of the mentioned carpet. Many stylistic features of Qajar architecture such as: narrow minarets, onion-shaped domes, ornate columns, sash windows, windbreaks, pavilions and inscriptions, are artistically drawn in this carpet and the designer of this work has been able to show the noble Qajarchr('39')s way of thinking and lifestyle. Probably were the customers or customers of this carpet, to show and show the social, cultural and artistic conditions of its era in the form of carpet fabric. In general, the carpet of "Bahram Gour and Haft Gonbad" can be considered as an intermediate link between lyrical literature, painting, carpet weaving and architecture.
Azam Rasooli, Seyyed Reza Hosseini,
Volume 17, Issue 39 (8-2021)
Abstract
Time, its concept, and its way of perception and expression are among the topics of interest in different fields of human thought. The way of looking at the time has caused to various opinions about its nature.The carpet artists of the Qajar era, influenced by the process of transformations in different fields, acquired new experiences in designing than in previous periods. Faced with phenomena like time, artists represented it according to their subjective and objective universe and the capacities of the carpet.The problem of this research is the interpretation and understanding of time in the design and pattern of the Qajar carpet as a text medium, based on the proposition of "understanding" in Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutic approach. Based on the necessity of knowing the different aspects of carpets, including the representational capacity and implications of the meanings of the design and pattern of carpets, the purpose of this article is to identify the time, quality, and identity of its types in Qajar carpets.
The main questions for this research are: What does the representation of time look like in the Qajar rug? How to explain the understanding of time and the identity of its types in the carpet of Qajar based on the philosophic hermeneutic of Gadamer? To get answers to the research questions, the five samples of the Qajar carpet pattern were selected by a non-probability method and studied based on the content analysis method. The nature of this research is basic in terms of qualitative research. The method of data collecting is the documentary- library and artworks observation, and the means of collecting information are research sheets and pictures. Based on the findings, time on the Qajar carpet was recorded qualitatively and quantitatively with related signs.Ritual events, mythological thoughts, and traditions, different writings, creating movement and time sequence using spatial contrast, visual elements, reading writings, leveling the work, narrative and its elements, using symbols referring to time, They are one of the generative preconceptions of time.and with denotation and connotation signification and the re-reading of texts absent from the work, they cause mental association and intuitive understanding of the types of time on the carpet. In addition, the dominant discourses in the Qajar period were effective in the way that society and the carpet artist faced the times and its types.King power and authority, nationalism, traditionalism, modernism, myth and religion are among the most significant of these discourses.
Seied Mohamad Reza Tabasi, Iman Zakariaee Kermani,
Volume 17, Issue 39 (8-2021)
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One of the rugs of Houshang Shahi, which has some different visual elements from other rugs in this category, is a rug called Houshang Shah with Western diplomats. The simultaneous presence of the mythical king of Iran and the foreigners in a modern dress in this rug, as well as how it can be related to the active elements of this text, is an issue that has been less considered so far. The main hypothesis of the research is that the visual elements of this rug have features and meanings that by referring to the related pretexes, it is possible to read the text, understand the communication aspects of the actors and its social interpretation. The aim of the research is to gain an understanding of why the past and the present are intertwined, to identify the distinct visual elements that exist, to understand the relationships of the actors, and to identify the pretexts that have influenced the designs of this rug. Research method and theoretical framework of this research is the method of social semiotics of the image of Gunter Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. The main results of this article include changing the time of the inscription on the carpet, the impact of objects represented from the royal thrones and the architecture of the marble columns in the Qajar era, reproducing the concepts of Farah Izadi and the qibla of the world, wishing to return to the authority of mythical kings Influence of pre-texts such as ancient lithographs, Iranian painting, classical literature and Persian folk tales, recognizing the reasons for proximity and the relationship of heterogeneous actors with possible scenarios, the similarity of the emergence of elements of modernity with the court, the relationship of choosing Houshang Shah as The first legislator with the current of legalism in Iran, the inspiration of the inner border of the carpet from the margins of printed works, the importance of composition and accuracy in using colors and lines in creating meaning, classification and classification of characters, the effect of framing in showing our concept And another and the importance of representing the image in the Qajar era.
Mahdieh Ziaadini Dashtkhaki, Mahboobeh Eslamizadeh, Sakineh Tajaddini,
Volume 17, Issue 39 (8-2021)
Abstract
Some years after the Qajar attack to Kerman, Ibrahim Khan Zahir al-Doleh was elected governor of the city. With the beginning of Ibrahim Khan's rule in Kerman, the construction of useful buildings and the improvement of people's livelihood were on his agenda. After that, arts such as carpet weaving, which had lost their prosperity, were revived. The buildings were decorated with colorful tiles and the houses were decorated with handmade carpets. Therefore, these arts had a special place. Due to the prosperity of these arts, the question arises whether there are similarities in the decoration of the tiles used in the buildings of this period, including Ebrahim Khan School and Kerman carpet designs, and assuming similarities, this effect and effects up to How much has it been? The answers to these questions show the evolution of motifs and how they function in different arts. The method of this research is analytical-comparative and by studying library sources and examining images, it tries to identify, classify, analyze and adapt patterns. Finally, evaluating the elements and motifs used in the designs, in these two branches of Art shows the similarities and differences in the use of patterns.
Toktam Jallalian Rad, ,
Volume 18, Issue 41 (9-2022)
Abstract
In the city of Tehran, especially in its suburbs, carpets were produced in the Qajar period in centralized and semi-centralized workshops. Carpets that are mostly made by master craftsmen and immigrant weavers from the cities of Yazd, Isfahan, Tabriz and Kerman. Carpets that are woven following the weaving techniques of the mentioned cities and the quality raw materials available in the city of Tehran with the conditions, facilities and tastes of this city, and it shows that there are links between the carpet style of Tehran and the mentioned cities in the design, pattern and coloring has been.
The main goal of the research is to identify the plan and map of Tehran carpet in the Qajar period. The main question of the article is: What was the basis of Tehran carpet design and what are its appearance characteristics? This research is a descriptive-analytical qualitative research approach and its statistical population is selected samples of carpets available in museums, Tehran bazaar and personal collections of people and images available in reliable sources, whose authenticity and age have been verified by experts. has been Considering the limited sources and brief written information about Tehran carpets, this research has been conducted by field, interview and observation method.
The results of the research indicate that the immigrant weavers living in Tehran and its suburbs, in addition to the productions of their main and native areas, have carpet designs from cities such as Isfahan, Tabriz, Kerman and other areas of style that have brought relative and general acceptance. They are also woven. Also, the examination of the few existing carpets from that period shows that the end of the Qajar period was associated with the prosperity of urban carpets in Tehran.
هما Mousanejad,
Volume 18, Issue 41 (9-2022)
Abstract
The patterns used in Iranian arts were very common and widely used since the ancient time until now. Each of these patterns has conveyed a specidic meaning to the viewer. One of these motifs is the peacock. The motif of peacock is one of the most used symbolic motifs in the art of Iran and even the world. During the years, this motif has had a special place in the literature, art and beliefs of the Iranian people. This motif was present In Kerman carpets of the Safavid and Qajar period. The purpose and necessity of this research is to understand the role of the peacock motif in Kerman carpets of the Safavid and Qajar periods, and study some related features such as the appearance of the peacock, its location, number, direction, role, mythological elements. Such elements will be investigated and expressed, and the differences in the appearance and meaning of the peacock in the two mentioned periods would be compared. According to the mentioned cases, the main question of the research are as follows: 1) Did the visual form and semantic status of the peacock figure in Kerman rugs change from the Safavid period to the Qajar period, and did this change creat a difference between the visual form and semantic meaning of this figure? The research method is use of library materials and photo sources, images from reliable websites of carpet collectors, and the way of expressing the content is descriptive in the form of text, images and tables. 22 samples of carpets have been examined. The carpets were selected via a purposeful manner, all of them are related to the two special periods of Safavid and Qajar periods and the full presence of the motif of the peacock, has been considered in selecting them. 9 samples are related to the Safavid period and 13 samples are related to the Qajar period.The appearance of the peacock in the Safavid and Qajar periods has undergone some changes in comparison to each other. In the Safavid period, it is abstract and present in closed spaces, and in the Qajar period, the patterns are close to the natural state of the peacock that we see in nature and the peacocks are presented in freer spaces. But this free space has not affected the main role of the peacock, which protecting and guarding the heaven.
