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)
Abstract
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.
