Document Type : Research Paper
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Instructor, Art Research, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Painting, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Art Research Department, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Art Research Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Handicrafts Department, Isfahan Art University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22075/aaj.2024.34513.1262
Abstract
The breadth of plant motifs is greater than other types because its variety is as wide as the plant motifs found in nature, incorporating abstract plant motifs and in rotating and broken formats. The types of plant arrays generally include Islamic species, Khatai, flowers and bushes, trees and flowers. The study aims to examine and identify the types of plant motifs in Safavid and Qajar carpets, as well as the trends and how they evolved from the Safavid to Qajar periods, as well as analyze the entry of new plant species into Qajar period carpets. Based on this, the main questions in this study are: 1-What are the characteristics of the plant arrays engraved in Safavid and Qajar carpets? 2-What changes have emerged in the plant motifs of carpets from the Safavid period to the Qajar period? This research method is descriptive, descriptive and Comparative in terms of type, fundamental, nature, and research problem. The method of data collection was a library and among specialized books, specialized articles and theses and electronic databases. The results show that the plant motifs used in the Safavid period carpets consist of several species and gradually added to its richness, and were repeated in the carpets of the later centuries and the Qajar period, with changes in shape, size, color and structure. These developments over the period have been most affected by the common social and cultural conditions. I
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