One of the most common motifs in Iranian art is flower and bird. The companion of a botanical pattern along with a bird is rooted in Iranian art and culture. The present analysis seeks to answer this question: what are the concepts and roots of the flower and bird motifs in Iranian art? And how has it appeared in contemporary Iranian typography? The purpose of the study is to recognize the background and various forms of flowers and bird in Iranian art, especially Persian miniature, as well as to identify the mythological concepts of these symbols. According to the results of the research in Persian and Zoroastrian mythology, plants and birds companion is described in the form of the myth of Simorgh and the life tree. In Iranian works, Simorgh is usually drawn on the tree. Before Islam, the tree and the bird motifs was also seen in the works of art. In Islamic calligraphy and the drawing, the bird symbol is created through the conjunction of the letters. Iranian typography is one of the areas of the advent of flowers and bird motifs in Iranian contemporary art. In these works, the flowers and birds are sometimes used alongside the writing or sometimes in a separate form alongside the Persian text. The research method is descriptive-analytical. The method of gathering library content is through note taking and illustration interpreting. The method of data analysis is qualitative.
Shafaghte Roudsari, M., & Abeddoust, H. (2019). Identifying the Concepts and Roots of Flower and Bird Motifs in
Contemporary Iranian Typography. Negarineh Islamic Art, 6(17), 151-159. doi: 10.22077/nia.2019.2640.1236
MLA
Masomeh Shafaghte Roudsari; Hossein Abeddoust. "Identifying the Concepts and Roots of Flower and Bird Motifs in
Contemporary Iranian Typography". Negarineh Islamic Art, 6, 17, 2019, 151-159. doi: 10.22077/nia.2019.2640.1236
HARVARD
Shafaghte Roudsari, M., Abeddoust, H. (2019). 'Identifying the Concepts and Roots of Flower and Bird Motifs in
Contemporary Iranian Typography', Negarineh Islamic Art, 6(17), pp. 151-159. doi: 10.22077/nia.2019.2640.1236
VANCOUVER
Shafaghte Roudsari, M., Abeddoust, H. Identifying the Concepts and Roots of Flower and Bird Motifs in
Contemporary Iranian Typography. Negarineh Islamic Art, 2019; 6(17): 151-159. doi: 10.22077/nia.2019.2640.1236
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