Aesthetic Analysis of Decorative Motifs in Ganjalikhan Caravansary
Ganjali khan caravansary is the most invaluable structure in Safavid era.This complex can be considered as an art museum of Safavid era in Kerman. Façade of Ganjali khan caravansary shines as a pearl in this invaluablecomplex because of the tiling applied in the façade, including different decoratio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī |
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| Online Access: | https://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_3077_22b07d5750e9012e88ba021024546ad5.pdf |
| Summary: | Ganjali khan caravansary is the most invaluable structure in Safavid era.This complex can be considered as an art museum of Safavid era in Kerman. Façade of Ganjali khan caravansary shines as a pearl in this invaluablecomplex because of the tiling applied in the façade, including different decorations such as geometric, vegetative, human and symbolic motifs which has brought about a beautiful coordination visually and semantically. Due to analytic-descriptive results obtained from this study, it is followed that artists of façade structure could create a new and attractive composition by putting together different beautiful pictorial shapes and inscriptions all of which suggests a certain meaning. In addition to aesthetics, they attract soul and thought of the spectator and they lead spectator’s mind beyond apparent meaning. This meaning shows movement i.e. moving from material world to eternal one. The present article has been adjusted analytically and descriptively with focus on field studies and it has done inferentially |
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| ISSN: | 2322-3294 2476-597X |