Vernacular structure refers to the structures constructed by the people living in a locality. It is also called architecture without architect. The common factors creating the vernacular architecture in Iranian plateau are climate and accessible constructional materials. The prevailing climate in the region is harshly hot or cold. Most of the time, it is also [...]
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Tile Working in Iran
Tile making in Iran dates back at least to 1250 B.C, when Chogha Zanbil temple, a ziggurat, was constructed by Elamites near Susa. Later, during Achaemenians, it was used as a decorative art on the walls. Tile making has been going on till present in various methods like luster-painted tiles, mosaic tiles, polychrome tiles, etc. [...]
Theater in Iran
Theater was originated, through an evolution, from religious rites and ceremonies. Even when it grew to a point where it contained no rites or worshiping, it still needed religious bodies and their treasury. In monotheist religions like Islam or Zoroastrianism, it is blasphemous to imagine any likeness for god or saints. Therefore, they are less [...]
Pottery Making in Iran
There can be found no artificially made substance like pottery that is the product of man’s thought and cheap with its raw material so abundantly accessible in the nature. After the period of food collecting, when humans produced food, the need to restore foodstuff led to make storage vessels like jars by clay. The most [...]
Music of Iran
Music has been an ancient traditional art in Iran at various parts of this country. To have a better understanding of its history, let’s review how it’s been evolved in Iran Music during Pre-Islam Iran During antiquity, music was a means of communication. It later became part of people’s beliefs and rites and was played [...]
Miniature of Iran
Based on the figures and motifs Mani, the Iranian prophet, Painter and Calligrapher, has painted in his book in the 3rd century, he can be considered the pioneer of painting miniature. Mani introduced himself a prophet during Sassanians and presented a pictorial book called Arzhang. He had his particular style in painting characterized by detailed [...]
Metalworking in Iran
Metalworking has started in Iran since ancient times. Here’s a history of the evolution of this art in Iran: Metalworking during Pre-Islam Iran During Elamites, Susa’s temples were decorated by mural embossed patterns, statues, figurines and large vessels all made of bronze. Among the findings of this period, there is a figurine of a cow [...]
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