Showing 14 results for Motifs
Mr Mehrdad Sadri,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (3-2006)
Abstract
Love of beauty and perfection is an inherent characteristic of human beings. The principle of “need” complements the sense that brings artistic creation in him to a peak, resulting in the formation and permanence of culture. The “carpet” may not represent a pure form of art, but it there is no doubt that its artistic and visual qualities put it beyond a mere commercial commodity and elevate it to the position of a work of art that embodies taste, thought, beliefs and a special custom. It presents the intellectual and cultural potentials of a people in the form of esoteric motifs and symbolic forms. The elementary motifs and patterns that are especially found in rural carpets and small carpets usually embody a purer content from the point of view of symbolic concepts that deserve a thorough investigation.
Dr. Abulghasem Dadvar, Mr Hamidreza Momenian,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (6-2006)
Abstract
The designs and motifs of Qashqa’i gelims betray in a sense their weavers’ creative minds, high intelligence, unwavering efforts, great ability, graceful spirit, and deep thought. Understanding the meanings of these motifs and designs will help us become more familiar with the religious beliefs of the Qashqa’i people, the true meaning of their lives, their myths, traditions and rituals. It will also help us recognize the factors that have led to the appearance or disappearance of various motifs throughout the history of the tribe. The general factors that have led to the appearance of motifs in Qashqa’i flatwoven rugs have been mentioned as follows:
A) Geographical factors and the natural environment
B) The history, culture, and art of Iranian nomadic tribes
C) The organization of the tribe
D) The literacy, amount of knowledge, income and status of living of the people The most important conclusions of the study concern the categorization of Qashqa’i gelims, the most prevalent designs, motifs and sizes of the Qashqa’i gelims, designs that have undergone change or have been forgotten and the use of various colors in these rugs.
Mrs Fattaneh Mahmoudi, Dr Mahnaze Shayesteh-Far,
Volume 4, Issue 11 (3-2009)
Abstract
The majority of the Shasavan tribe lives in northwest Iran near the city of Ardabil and Dasht-e Moghan. Small groups of Shahsavan, however, moved to central Iran near Saveh, Garmsar, and Varamin. In Farsi (official language of Iran) Shahsavan means "those who love the Shah (king)"; Most of their weavings consist of practical pieces such as saddle bags, traveling bags and animal trappings. Their textiles frequently use the Soumak and Kilim weaves. It is likely that traditionally each clan of the Shahsavan confederation had its own designs and carpet presents its idea — the idea of a reality that simultaneously unfolds the Turkish-speaking Shahsavan people weave bags in the sumak technique. A series of large diamond latch hook medallions repeats down the field, each enclosed in a compartment of different color. Shahsavan weavings have a strongly tribal flavor with highly abstract, geometrical designs and rich colors. They are sometimes distinguished by certain shades of lavender or deep pink and salmon tones, in conjunction with soft blues. Shahsavan carpets are very similar to Caucasian carpets. The Shahsevan tribes were originally transported and resettled in the Northwest from Central Asia by the Persian kings in the seventeenth century. This helps to explain the ties between these rugs and those of the Turkmans and other Central Asian tribes. This paper discusses the ancient roots of tribal weaving, the interrelatedness of common designs and tribal motifs in Shahsavan and Caucasusian Kilims. Larger Shahsavan rugs are uncommon, and often they are mistaken for rugs from the nearby Caucasus region.
Dr Abolghasem Dadvar, Mrs Farnaz Moazen,
Volume 5, Issue 13 (9-2009)
Abstract
The textile of the Bakhtiarian's nomadic have many changes during of periods .This alterations will have continued, but some of that ,have a collection of designs that come from the mind of Bakhtiarian woman ,who teach them from her deceased, these study tried to collect the motifs that have many unknown meanings. The aim of this research is to introduce these motifs and try to field study. But the main purpose of this study is to reviving the traditional Bakhtiarian motifs and avoid of its separating and abandoning and also the use of these motifs in new art works and the life of people
Dr Abolghasem Dadvar, Mrs Azam Rasooli,
Volume 6, Issue 15 (6-2010)
Abstract
Arab Jinni rugs, illustrate special attitude of their creators who made exceptional and mysterious hand-made weavings. In 1993, Dr. Parham ascertained the name of this tribe as well as their weavings to Persian carpet literature for the first time. Despite unfamiliarity of this tribe in Iran's literature and historical documents, it is mentioned in detail in the lineage books of Arab and Quran commentaries. Apparently in the ethnic and ideological beliefs of this tribe, believe in jinni and tendency to their mysteries is one of the factors that affect their motifs and designs. Recognition of Arab-Jinni tribes and their beliefs, plausible ancestral and ideological relation of this mysterious and unknown tribe with them, totemic tendencies of creators of such rugs, the influence of cultural reconciliation of three important western Asia, Mesopotamia, and Persia-India civilizations on the formation of their motifs are among the most important outcomes of this research.
Mr Samad Najarpour Jabbari, Dr Ahmed Nadalian, Dr Habibollah Ayatollahi, Dr Mehdi Pourrezaiean, Dr Asghar Kafshchian Moghadam,
Volume 8, Issue 21 (9-2012)
Abstract
One of the prosperous periods of Persian commercial carpet industry is the Safavid era especially the 10th and 11th centuries (A.H.). Governments’ attention to arts and artists and expanding the facilities on the one hand, and willingness of other artists such as illumination artists and Persian painters’ to beautiful designs for carpets, along with the progress of the dyeing industry, provided carpet weaving with a special place in the field of art and industry. The main question of the present study is: Who were the carpet designers at different geographical locations and in different times for various woven products? The main hypothesis in this paper is that in Safavid era, some of carpets were designed by famous Persian paintings artists. For this purpose, a comparative method has been used for comparing two survived carpet samples with the paintings of that era. It can be seen that the most of the arts, including traditional arts and architecture, were closely related at that era which indicate the existence of a unified artistic management in the cultural system of that period, and such responsibility was undertaken by the prominent painters and architects. The comparison of motifs of paintings and carpet may indicate that some of the carpets have been designed by some great painters such as Kamal al-Din Behzad and Aghamirak Isfahani and Soltan Mohammad Iraqi, etc and there are some valuable carpets woven directly under the supervision of these masters. On the other hand, some carpet designers were trained who followed their masters and this indirectly influenced the development of carpet motifs, so that the carpet designers were mostly inspired by these masters in manufacturing workshops.
Mrs Naimeh Jalilian, Mr Seyyed Aboutorab Ahmadpanah,
Volume 8, Issue 22 (3-2013)
Abstract
Carpet is one of the oldest and most ancient traditional arts that in addition to satisfying practical needs, reflects beliefs, myths and other conceptions. These concepts are manifested in the context of rugs, with colorful and beautiful motifs informed by inspiration. In this paper, in addition to identification of animal motifs in the rural rugs of Hamadan, these motifs have been classified as quadrupeds, birds, and aquatic animals. Moreover, ritual - mythical roots of such motifs have been studied. Among animal motifs, some birds (falcon and peacock), some aquatic animals (fish and turtle and crab) and livestock (goat), all have the concept of blessing and fertility.
Mrs Habibeh Sharif, Mr Parviz Eskandarpour Khorami, Dr Asghar Fahimifar,
Volume 12, Issue 30 (3-2017)
Abstract
The design of rug and carpets (kilim) have artistic values and capacities which are not known enough for the artists and scholars. As some of such motifs belonging to the carpets of the city of Jiroft have been extracted by the creative mind of artist without any direct connection with the nature, this paper focuses on such motifs which are similar to natural elements in their visual representation and names. This article aims to study the degree of influence and inspiration, obtained by these motifs from nature through a historical, descriptive and analytic approach.
As a conclusion it could be said that all of the motifs and colors belonging to such carpets have been attached with the cultural traditions and beliefs of the local artists. In addition, the usage of abstract motifs of animals and plants of Jiroft reveal the high influence of the environment on Jiroft weavers.
Karim Mirzaqee, Ali Asghar Shirazi, Mohammad Ali Rajabi,
Volume 15, Issue 35 (9-2019)
Abstract
Although carpet has a very long history in Iran, the purpose of this article is to study one of the most important periods of Persian art history before the Safavid, Turkomani Period; and one of the most important ways to know these period carpets is the reports of European tourists, especially the Venetian merchants' from Tabriz, pointing to the beautiful rugs of the Blue Mosque and the silk-woven rugs of the Uzun Hasan courts. In addition to these reports, the pictures of carpets can be seen in the paintings of that period, a typical examples of which are Big Head Shahname, Khamse Nizami and Khavaran Neme belonging to the Turkomani period.
And since the Turkmen era, is a prelude to one of the most important periods of the Iranian regime, the Safavids. Therefore, the emphasis on conducting research on Turkmen carpet can be the source of many ambiguities in the carpet of the later period. Therefore, one of the reasons for this research was the lack of special attention to the Turkish carpets by the researchers. Although the study of pre Safavid carpets has its own problems, the lack of carpet documentation and the lack of attention of experts in the field to Turkmen carpets are among the research problems of this section.
Despite these problems, the present article can lead to the recognition of the carpets of this period of transition and important. Other goal of this research is extraction of roles and drawings that have the essence of Turkomani carpet and are considered to be the starting of Safavid carpets. In this regard, there have been some research questions, including: What are the characteristic of Turkomani carpets' motifs? and what effects do it have on Safavid carpets? Research method is historical- analytical-descriptive in the search for fact; the collection of information is a library.
Aigin Mardani, Sadredin Taheri,
Volume 16, Issue 37 (9-2020)
Abstract
After a survey on one hundred and thirty samples of Kurmanji Kilims and extraction of their natural motifs, this study is trying to propose a typology of this motifs and characterize their methods of composition. The data reviewed in this article, have been gathered in a field and documentary research. The patterns of the Kurmanji Kilim can be categorized into four groups: 1. Natural motifs, 2. Motifs derived from tools of everyday life, 3. Abstract motifs, 4. Geometric motifs; which natural motifs are the most numerous and diverse group among them. Due to the Kormanjs dependency on geographic and environmental factors, nature has become a tremendous and mythical power in their minds. Natural motifs in Kurmanji Kilim are classified into three groups: 1. Animal motifs, represented in figurative, imaginary or symbolic styles (such as peacock, duck, chicken, cock, eagle, camel, deer, ram, dog, goat, butterfly, sparrow, fox, etc.); 2. Plant motifs (such as dandelion and different kinds of flowers, trees or herbs); 3. Motifs taken from natural phenomena (such as: star, spring and mountain). Relationship with nature is also obvious in the composition of these motifs on a Kilim. Most of the context patterns are more directly related to the weavers’ everyday life, while margin patterns are usually inspired by the nature around their tribal life or their symbolic and imaginary thoughts.
Maryam Sheikhzade, Mohammad Azamzadeh,
Volume 16, Issue 37 (9-2020)
Abstract
Ghelimche Metkazin village in addition to the abundance of role, mentally woven and of a simple structure. The variety of animal and plant designs and understandable geometric shapes and the creation of creative design during the drawing of motifs on the margin and the text and the way weavers adapted from the nature and environment of life and the re-imaging of images has led to a variety of designs in the pattern of drawing, while The visual and internal lines and actions add to its visual value. The purpose of the research is to achieve design methods in the process of recreating motifs and visual values.In the direction of research, the following questions have been answered: how is the process of recreation of motifs in Metkazin Ghelimche, how have different design techniques been carried out, and what are the visual values of these motifs? To study and study, eight samples were selected from original Ghelimche and analyzed by descriptive-analytical method and field study and interview. The results of the research indicate that in the direction of recreation of motifs, two realistic and abstract methods have been revealed. Realistic motifs, due to the direct adaptation of nature, are free of any creative recreation and visual value, however in an abstract way, the designs have been drawn in two ways abstracting and pure abstraction. In the abstracting method, the simplification of the motifs is observed and with little reflection and thought for the audience is understandable, and of course the visual value of the quality and promotion of the designs are effective. In a pure abstraction (elaborate), the role of the objects in the process of recreation, in a fundamental way, is based on the inner essence of the forms, and the visual value lies in the designs based on a kind of aesthetics and is not simply conceivable.
Mehri Taherei Moghaddam Noghabei, Alireza Sheikhi,
Volume 16, Issue 37 (9-2020)
Abstract
Pillows are small fluffy woven fabrics that are prepared (filled with fibers such as cotton or rug fluff) and after that the fabric is used for leaning in the parties. Due to lack of comprehensive research on woven works in Gonabad town, this article aims to investigate and classify the motifs of Gonabad pillows and their meaning and implications, in a descriptive way, in order to achieve the categorization and recognition of motifs. After conducting library and field research, it has been attempted to find an answer to these question that: what can be categorized for local woven works? What is the role of culture, customs and common traditions on these works? The findings show that in addition to Baluchi, Arab and Turkmen motifs that are the result of migration, invasion or immigration to this part of Khorasan, local motifs derived from the customs and beliefs of the region play an important role in these textures. Local motifs can be found in the vegetation of climate such as wild flowers, Mohammadi, saffron and tulip, wheat and barley. Among the trees Cedar, Pine and Majnoon (insane) Willow could be pointed out and all the plant motifs are a symbol of endurance, beauty and desire for blessing and ailment. The animal motifs in the form of goats, deer and rams symbolize hardiness and perseverance, and lion is a symbol of the Ashura religious ceremony. Among birds, roosters and pigeons can be seen as being an early bird, and a messenger in the desert for people, although quail, pheasants, sparrows, and others are also found. Human motifs have played a role in the position of the business and the work of people, beliefs and the desire for happiness are the motifs for newly wed brides.
Behzad Vasigh,
Volume 16, Issue 37 (9-2020)
Abstract
Carpet is one of the most important textiles man-made. The rug represents the aspirations and interests of the people who weave it. Therefore, recognizing the image in carpets can be a window into recognizing these ideals. In this research, Bakhtiari rug is investigated. Bakhtiari rugs (toranji, yalameh and cetral) are textiles produced by Bakhtiari people of choharmahal-o-bakhtiari province. The research method is based on the combined theory of grand theory and case study. A model was developed to investigate carpets by combining Kaplan and Gestalt methods. The Gestalt concept is based on perceiving reality in its simplest form. The various laws are called laws or principles, depending on the paper where they appear but for simplicity's sake, this article uses the term laws. These laws took several forms, such as the grouping of similar, or proximate, objects together, within this global process. These laws deal with the sensory modality of vision. Attention restoration theory or kaplans model asserts that people can concentrate better after spending time in nature, or even looking at scenes of nature. Tasks that require mental effort draw upon "directed attention". People must expend effort to achieve focus, to delay expression of inappropriate emotions or actions, and to inhibit distractions. That is, they must concentrate on the higher task, avoiding distractions. Performing the actual task also requires other knowledge and skills. Based on this model, carpets are examined. The results show that Bakhtiari carpets do not use one method of expression and differ significantly. However, in cases such as symmetry, overlap and similarity, they have used the same approach.
Seyedeh Masoumeh Shahcheragh, Alireza Taheri, Farnoosh Shamili, Abolghasem Dadvar, ,
Volume 16, Issue 38 (2-2021)
Abstract
The pictorial rug of "Layla’s camel" belongs to the Qajar era, in which the central image is occupied by the large body of an "intra-hybrid" camel; the outer shape is realistic and the inside is composed of a large number of small human and animal motifs.
Creating patterns of some creatures in this way became popular in Iranian painting from the Timurid period, which reached its peak and popularity in the Safavid era. This method also was considered in the Mughal art in India at the same time as Safavid.
In this article, the "Layla’s camel" rug is described and analyzed with iconographic approach and using library resources and some scientific websites. The purpose of this study is to introduce a specific example of pictorial carpet and analyze it in a scientific way. In this regard, an attempt has been made to answer these questions:
- How can the relation of rug inscriptions with its central image be read?
- What is the main theme of the story from the perspective of iconographic analysis?
- What is the irony of the collection of animal species that make up the body of "Layla’s camel"?
- What do the presence of the angel-harpy and the red-winged dragon symbolically mean in the rug?
Poetic inscriptions in the margin of the rug, in harmony with the pictorial elements of the text, refer to the story of Layla’s wedding with Ibn-Salam and her farewell to Majnun, quoting "Maktabi_e Shirazi". But the main meaning of the story at this stage is the victory of good (Majnun) over evil (Ibn-Salam) by the animals.
The "intra-hybrid" camel also consists of animals that Majnun was accompanied in the mountains and in the desert, but at the same time has a caravan of wedding joy. Also, the image of the angel-harpy in its ancient meaning is a symbol of victory, which refers to the battle of the animals that support Majnun with the dragon – Ibn-Salam– and kill him.
