As a result of expansion of relationships between Gurkanian (Indian Muquls) and Safavid Kings, we can see some impacts of Iran on Indian carpets, illustrations, architecture and related arts. Some of the motifs in carpets were spread to India during Gurkanian Era. This paper tries to find out the direct or indirect influences of depicted carpets’ motifs in Persian paintings on Indian arts...

This article deals with "motion" as the basic element of the lslamic philosophy, an element which can be used to explain social motion and change (social management). Since the lslamic philosophy is rooted in theology and revelation and contains categories which materialistic and atheistic philosophies are unable to enter, the best way to explain and to design the models of planning in an lslam...

  This paper will discuss some new implications of Whitehead’s philosophy for environmental thought.[i] They fall under three headings: 1. The interrelations between three ways of thinking about the environment: bioregionalism, land ethics, and the philosophy of organism.  2.  The implications of Whitehead’s philosophy of organism for environmental aesthetics.  3.  The implications of Whit...

Ibn Tufail as a scientist as well as an artist exposes the issues of human anatomy, autopsy, and vivisection and, thereby, could be regarded as a SciArtist. SciArt might be defined as a reciprocal relation between art and science. Followings are the kinds of these interactions: artistically-inclined scientific activities,science-minded artistic activities, and intertwined scientific and artisti...