نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
* 1- استادیار گروه طراحی پارچه و لباس، دانشکده هنر، دانشگاه الزهرا (س)
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Using outdoor curtains has a very long history in Persian Architecture. Its necessity originated from Iran’s Warm and dry climate that obliged people to reduce their contact with harsh climate, especially sunshine during hot seasons to reduce inside temperature and reducing Air convection to keep inside temperature during cold seasons.
During Qajar era, we can see a special type of outdoor curtains that is made from fabrics with special elaborated embroideries that covered facades of private and public buildings. Especially the most beautiful type of them can be seen in Historical photos of Golestan palace. Through historical drawings of orientalist and Golestan photo Archive, we can see the changes of design and ornaments of this curtains. Present article tries to investigate the functional aspects of these Fabric Curtains, their shapes & ornaments and chronological changes of their ornamental styles. A Descriptive-Analytical method was used and article focuses on Palaces and governmental buildings of Tehran, Qajar capital city especially Golestan palace buildings during Nasser-al-din shah.
Result shows that the main reason of adding this curtains to building’s façade had been the changes of traditional patterns of Iranian architecture and depicting European architecture without attention to Persian climate that shaped this necessary accessory to reduce climatic problems of buildings. From climatic view, these outdoor curtains were used as a prevention from direct sunshine rays during hot seasons, a barrier to reduce air convection through wooden windows during cold seasons and nights and as a protector to preserve ornaments from showers. The most common designs are like Persian carpets consisting an ornamental border and central lozenge. Their ornaments have two aims. first, strengthens their structures from tearing and as part of their mechanical system and overall design tries to reshape building facades and depicted their architectural aspects in compose with ornamental and symbolic motifs.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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