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Art Fundamental human […]","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":"2024-07-09 15:17:50","dateModified":"2026-01-28 14:04:44","keywords":["Persian Art"],"dateCreated":"2024-07-09 15:17:50","wordCount":0,"articleBody":"\nThe upcoming lectures aim to draft an introduction to the history of art and aulture of Iran. Therefore, as a first step, we will briefly examine the terms \"art\", \"history of art\", \"culture\", and \"Iran\" with the note that many of the points introduced here will be elaborated upon in subsequent lectures.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArt\n\n\n\nFundamental human questions about \"humanity\" \"existence\" and \"time\" concerning their poetic nature, are manifested in the form of the arts. Moreover, humanity names the world through this poetic nature. In historical societies, due to disruptions in consciousness, the meanings of names and words evolve, each word having a history that reflects the transformation of the consciousness of the people who speak that language. For example, the approximate equivalent of the word we now use for \"art\" in Aramaic and Syriac is \"umanuta\" meaning \"creating from nothing\" (the Latin word \"human\" also derives from this root). The word \"art\" itself originates from the Greek word \"arete\" which is etymologically related to the Avestan \"arta\" and Old Persian \"arta\", all meaning the order of existence. The altered form of this word continues as the prefix \"art\" in words such as \"article\" and \"artery\" signifying connection and order. However, the core meaning carried by the Greek \"arete\" was later transferred to the word \"virtue\" gaining a more complex meaning in Machiavellian texts.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuster Tile Probably from Takht-e Soleyman Metropolitan Museum of Art Late 13th century AD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Greeks themselves used the word \"techne\" as an approximate equivalent to today's \"art\". The use of \"techne\" continued in modern European languages in the form of \"technique\". In Western culture, this meaning of art transformed with the rise of Christianity; with the emergence of the concept of the incarnation of God, the spirit acquired a tangible, material, and fleshly reality that could be realized in the creation process. In Christian Europe, the foundation of iconography in art was..."}{"@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","https://wa.me/+989936912755"]}}{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"WebPage","@id":"herfeh-honarmand.com-webpage-english-articlesan-introduction-to-the-history-of-art-and-culture-of-iran","url":"https://herfeh-honarmand.com/english-articles/an-introduction-to-the-history-of-art-and-culture-of-iran/","name":"Lecture One \u2013 Introduction","about":"The upcoming lectures aim to draft an introduction to the history of art and aulture of Iran. 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