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		<title>Vernacular Structures of Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tile Working in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theater in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pottery Making in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There can be found no artificially made substance like pottery that is the product of man&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music of Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music has been an ancient traditional art in Iran at various parts of this country. To have a better understanding of its history, let&#8217;s review how it&#8217;s been evolved in Iran Music during Pre-Islam Iran During antiquity, music was a means of communication. It later became part of people&#8217;s beliefs and rites and was played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miniature of Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metalworking in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metalworking has started in Iran since ancient times. Here&#8217;s a history of the evolution of this art in Iran: Metalworking during Pre-Islam Iran During Elamites, Susa&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lacquer Painting in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The origin of this field of art in Iran goes back to late Safavid period extended to Zand and Qajar eras. Although lacquer works emerged first since the period of Mongols&#8217; advent in the world history and even before that, lacquer works combined with painting started to be independently identified in Iranian arts since two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kariz (Qanat) in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kariz (Qanat) is an ancient water provision technology that can be described as the greatest contribution made by Iranians to hydraulics. This system must have been started at least 5000 years ago in Iran. Kariz system is usually found in central Iran toward the east and southeast of Iran. Some existing ancient example of water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Works &amp; Jewelry in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compared with the Mesopotamia and the Nile banks where water was easily accessible and farming faced no difficulty, Iranian plateau inhabitants gained sufficient wealth and chance some centuries later to metal and made ornamentation out of them. Gold Works &#38; Jewelry in Iran during Pre-Islam Iran The 2nd Millennium B.C The inhabitants of the Iranian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glass Working in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people in the Iranian plateau had always shown their skill in cutting and engraving glass. Archaeologists have not identified any site in Iran as an ancient center for glass making. Therefore, there is not sufficient information about all the evolution of this industry in Iran. Some glass made objects like light green beads and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coinage in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In ancient times, coins were minted as means of governmental or religious propagations and rarely as fixed means of facilitating business. Little by little, people got to find out money&#8217;s real function. Since then, people started to exchange money for goods. Therefore, money minting began as the production craft by the local as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carpet Designs in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian carpets (it is more known as Persian carpets) are very much famous among the oriental carpets all around the world. The finest Iranian carpets are usually Iranian carpets made by Iranians. These carpets reveal the Iranians&#8217; mastery of their traditional art in selecting materials, knotting and dying techniques and creating patterns and designs. Iranian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calligraphy in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact, calligraphy is one of the most eye catching and fascinating manifestations of Iranian culture in post-Islam period. The holy book of Muslims, Koran, has constantly confirmed the importance of writing. According to this book, the eternally protected word must be respected because it expresses the destiny of all creatures from the beginning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookmaking in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manuscripts started to be introduced to Iranian arts during Sassanians by some Manicheans, Christians and Jews. Some books bound by Manicheans, around 8th  and 9th centuries A.D., were found at Turkistan region in China. After Chinese had invented paper, it was used in Samarqand in 750 A.D. In Baghdad, paper started to be produced in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Architecture of Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahman Mehraby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a history of thousands of years, Iranian architecture has appeared as a variety from peasant huts, teahouses and garden pavilions to some of the most beautiful and majestic structures the world has ever seen. Background of Iranian Architecture The available materials dictated major forms. Since antiquity, Iranians compressed primitive pise-molded mud as solidly as [...]]]></description>
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