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Why is it […]","author":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-organization-brand","url":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com","name":"\u062d\u0631\u0641\u0647: \u0647\u0646\u0631\u0645\u0646\u062f"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-organization-brand","url":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com","name":"\u062d\u0631\u0641\u0647: \u0647\u0646\u0631\u0645\u0646\u062f"},"commentCount":"0","datePublished":"2024-08-05 17:35:59","dateModified":"2024-08-27 05:45:06","keywords":["Persian Art"],"dateCreated":"2024-08-05 17:35:59","wordCount":0,"articleBody":"\nAn Introduction to the History of Art and Culture of Iran\n\n\n\nAriasp Dad\n\n\n\nIt is quite possible that those who have encountered Iranian art have repeatedly asked themselves, especially when compared to works from other cultural domains, why there is almost no depiction here that expresses feelings arising from encounters with evil. Why is it that even the image of a dragon, instead of being terrifying, is rendered in a captivating manner? Or more broadly: why do these works lack the dark, fearsome, and painful aspects of the world? We find such expressions less in various forms of Iranian music as well. One might ask: why do we lack melodies that reflect the turmoil caused by anger or fear in the listener? Why even in religious buildings, whose function should emphasize the grandeur of God and the supremacy of divine intermediaries, is the state of awe absent, unlike in European cathedrals?\n\n\n\nOn the other hand, why did the idea of the transcendence of the Absolute not take hold to the extent that it led to the elimination of any kind of imagery? And if the visual culture continued, one might ask why Iranian Muslim painters had no inclination to illustrate their religious texts. Why did they confine themselves to depicting scenes of the Prophet\u2019s spiritual ascension, mostly through the lens of a chapter from Nezami's romantic Khamsa, or the Golestan? Or why, even in works like the Khaqani-nama, is Imam Ali, the first Shia Imam, depicted as a hero?\n\n\n\nWhy, in the depiction of military victories, which reached its peak during the Sassanian era, is there a tendency to emphasize the symbolic generosity and grandeur of the sovereign rather than the destruction of the enemy and boasting about conquering other lands, as seen in the motifs of the Assyrians, Romans, and others?Similarly, there is no focus on capturing fleeting moments or emptying the mind to follow the immediate flow of events, as we find in ink wash painting or haiku poetry.To find the answer, it is..."}{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"WebSite","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-website-site","url":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com","name":"\u062d\u0631\u0641\u0647: \u0647\u0646\u0631\u0645\u0646\u062f","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required s=search_term_string"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-organization-brand","url":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com","name":"\u062d\u0631\u0641\u0647: \u0647\u0646\u0631\u0645\u0646\u062f","description":"\u0646\u0634\u0631\u06cc\u0647 \u0647\u0646\u0631\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u062a\u0635\u0648\u06cc\u0631\u06cc","sameAs":["https://www.instagram.com/herfeh.honarmand/","https://twitter.com/herfehhonarmand","https://t.me/herfeh_honarmand","https://www.youtube.com/@herfeh.honarmand"]}}{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"WebPage","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-webpage-english-articlesan-introduction-to-the-history-of-art-and-culture-in-iran","url":"http://herfeh-honarmand.com/english-articles/an-introduction-to-the-history-of-art-and-culture-in-iran/","name":"Lecture Nine: The Iranian Cosmology and Epic Thought","about":"An Introduction to the History of Art and Culture of Iran Ariasp Dad It is quite possible that those who have encountered Iranian art have repeatedly asked themselves, especially when compared to works from other cultural domains, why there is almost no depiction here that expresses feelings arising from encounters with evil. 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