TY  - JOUR
T1  - Using Decorations in Architecture of Religious Constructions, Safavid Era,
Isfahan (Divine Reflection or Artistic View)
AU - Nakhi, Abbas Alipour AU - Karami, Fereshteh 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 27
SP  - 6604
EP  - 6616
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.6604.6616
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.6604.6616
KW  - Islamic decorations
KW  -islamic frills
KW  -the art of islamic architecture
KW  -safavid era art
KW  -religious buildings of safavid era
AB  - Since ancient times, decoration as a complementary for the appearance was a part of original Iranian
art. With prevalence of Islam, this approach entered into the process of evolution, until it flourished in Saljughi
era by inventions made in this regard and in Safavid era, according to aesthetic verve of Safavid kings, it
reached to its highest place. In this period, due to Safavid kings’ inclination to Shiite faith, constructing
religious buildings such as Mosque, religious schools and holy shrines with decorations such as
“Mogharnas”. “tile-making”, Calligraphy, fillet, etc. was intensified. The main question of the study is whether
decoration works in religious buildings such as mosque or schools is aimed at intensifying spiritual feelings
of the audiences or a combination of art and architecture and whether such buildings-with their aesthetic,
terrestrial elements - are in conflict with the principle of avoiding Luxury and extravagance and if not, so what
is the application of these decorations in such buildings that are considered as the place of meditation and
thought for learning religious sciences, self-purification and reaching to divine revelation. This is a research
analytic article and its data collection tool is as description, existing hypotheses and library data. In this
research, first we interpret each keywords and examine theoretical fundamentals of the application of the
decorations, causes and the method of using them in religious buildings of Safavid era and then we start by
analyzing some significant construction of that era.
ER  -