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 c...

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 an...

In this paper it is attempted to be identified the motif of Arab Jinni carpets. In my opinion, this carpet is decorated by spiritual and Celestial powers that combination of novels of Jamshid and Prophet Solomon that lived in pre-Islamic centuries. Jamshid was king and Solomon was King and Prophet. Considering that the spirit of Persian art always penetrates the body of traditions or religious ...

The hunting & animal patterns is indeed one of the most important & effective motifs which can be seen in Persian Art since ancient times. For a long period of time, these motifs (which include religious & old mythological concepts, and tell about the geographical & natural human being environment, as well as his own desires, his domineeringness, and struggle for survival), have been designed &...

Japan and Guilan being located in similar climates have experienced same architectural and artistic characteristics such as Kumiko art and gereh-chini. Due to the fact that so far no research has been conducted on the similarities and differences between Kumiko and gereh-chini, the present research will try to investigate the components forming the two arts. With the aid of comparative studies,...