Potteries known as “Minai” are one of the valuable types of potteries remained from middle Islamic era, which were produced between 575 and 616 AH in middle of Islamic civilization, in the late period of Seljuk and Khwarazmshahi era in Iran. Such potteries were found in works obtained from Ray, Kashan, Saveh, and in a limited number in Nishapur and Tabriz that in terms of motifs and their compo...

One of the most important factors to affect artworks throughout history is religion. The territorial integrity of Islamic lands is one of the factors that influenced Islamic pottery. Islam has had a considerable impact on all aspects of Muslims’ lives, including art and specifically pottery. During the 3rd and 4th centuries AH (9th and 10th centuries AD), coinciding with the Abbasid dynasty, si...

Sarbisheh County in the south Khorasan province has always been affected by the cultural and social behaviors of the immigrants and nomadic tribes, due to its special geographical location. The result of these immigration impacts is shown in the present paper to illustrate the relationship between the pottery motifs obtained from the four chapters of the archaeological excavation of the area of...

Mina`i pottery produced in the late Seljuk and Khwarezmshahi periods under the supervision of pottery masters and painters, is more diverse and magnificent in terms of design and portrait than the previous works. In this group of pottery, human figures have a special place and are often seen in pottery. Various geometric patterns have been used in the apparel of these motifs, which has made ena...

Pottery is as the most abundant material data in the archaeology. Archaeologists have studied pottery from a different point of view, such as typology, stratigraphic situation and relevance, but less attention has been paid to pottery figures. Elements of aesthetical and harmonic such as repetition, symmetry, balance, proportion, concentration and etc are frequently seen on the prehistoric pott...

Among multiple discovered Nishapur pottery works of 9th to 11th century AD, there are samples which differ from the others in aesthetic aspects. Their creators may have followed other aesthetic rules presumably. In these cases, there are not lots of ornamentation, vibrant colors and prevalent motifs of their period. And also empty spaces and a kind of stillness play an important role in them un...

Gonabad pottery is one of the types of pottery in the country that shows the cultural authenticity and civilization of Khorasan. However, the name of this pottery and the motifs used on it are in danger of being destroyed due to the problems related to the potters and neglecting the place of this valuable art. Therefore, the current research intends to study the role of the original ingredients...

Weaving is one of the main techniques of the Bakhtiari tribe and their handwovens have diverse designs, techniques and methods inspired by the artists' minds and the design and pattern of woven materials are closely related to the culture and nature of the Bakhtiari area in the highlands and valleys - Zagros rivers. The geographic location of the area, especially the twist of communication netw...

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...