Pattern Paradise – the Persian Architecture

Full of structural and aesthetic designs from the Persian art, Persian’s architectures have been seen as a paradise of decorative paintings and patterns with the historical and religious references. Persian’s architects have managed to combine beauty and magnificence in every detail with the use of the unique geometry.

Persian architecture originated from area around today’s Iran, and its examples are distributed over a large area from Turkey to Iraq to Northern India and Tajikistan, and from Caucasus to Zanzibar. The architecture has stayed through the age-old history of the lands. From the spread of Muslim population in Middle East to different corners of the world, Persian has successfully left their creativity through their journeys in the 7^th century.

 

Persian Aesthetics

The fascinating and grandeur design of symbolic architectures was greatly influenced by the traditional culture and art of the Persian kingdom. The beautiful small details of arch, dome and muqarnas represent the Persian’s passion and creativity in decorating their Persian kingdom. The ornamentation, including stucco carvings, frescoes and paintings enhance the level of Persian aesthetics. These patterns exemplify the Islamic interest in repetition and symmetry with their stunning eye-catching color choices.

Mosque – Isfahan, Iran

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Persian shades

 

Persia’s distinctive artistic heritages created spaced with intriguing light wells. Together with windows, mirrors and reflecting pool, the beauty of natural light certainly adds a level of dynamic to the architectures and complementary effects to the patterns with the combination of light and shades to create a sacred and elegant space.

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Immerse into the magnificent Persian Art

Persian Art is a blend of native Persian traditions with art influenced by Egypt and the classical West, which includes extraordinary and fascinating architecture, painting and sculpture from the ancient times. Behind the customs and religion, Persian Art successfully developed their own uniqueness as symbolization for their culture, filled with sensational beauty.

 

Persia was the one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, and one of the earliest civilizations in the history of arts. It was in its largest during 550 B.C., extending from Anatolid and Egypt across the western Asia to northern India and Central Asia.

The Persian Empire had extended to Egypt, yet their glamorous artistic expressions were spread across the world. Their uniqueness in patterns, sense of beauty and historical culture has bought together with the greatest Persian, and still undoubtedly the most beautiful customs in world.

A Place Full of Respectable Antiquity

Persian art is the richest art heritages in the world in respecting to their royal, enthusiasm and generous history. Persian’s aspiration in literature, art and philosophy are still being expressed as the most beautiful culture nowadays which created along with glory and pride of history behind their divine spiritual concepts in art.

‘The Colors of Persian’

The art is in its most expressive form when it comes to Iranian rug. From their yarn fiber to colors, the weavers mix beautiful patterns to create a myriad of colors inspired by the wild flowers, birds and beasts in Persian garden along with rich colors like burgundy, navy blue and ivory to showcase the unique Persian culture and beliefs.

‘Art in Fashion’

The illustration behinds Persian prints are always an incredible magic from the era, crafted piece by piece to form amazing masterpieces by their significant artistic tradition. It influenced different aspects of the society and in later pop cultures, including fashion style. The used of floral, birds and beasts are the signature inspirations in Persian art. Fancy, special and beautiful patterns are used to create a fantasy of the ancient kingdom.

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_modern_and_contemporary_art

http://www.artofp.com/PersianArt.html