IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRAN AS A COUNTRY WITH RICH CULTURE AND HISTORY IN JEWELRY MAKING 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. Therefore, gold works […]
FILIGREE OR MALILE-KARI WORK ART NEEDS A LOT OF PATIENCE
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: FILIGREE OR MALILE-KARI WORK ART NEEDS A LOT OF PATIENCE Filigree making is the art of making silverware and ornamental means which are obtained by arranging a large number of silver bars within the tiny frames such as tears, leaf, honeysuckle, silk and flower buds. Filigree is one of the most distinguished […]
DO YOU KNOW ZANJAN IS THE CENTER OF FILIGREE?
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: DO YOU KNOW ZANJAN IS THE CENTER OF FILIGREE? One of the most popular arts in Zanjan is filigree which is a branch of the art of metalworking and is mainly made of high-grade silver metal. In filigree, silver bullions are made with a rolling machine in the shape of quadrilateral narrow […]
SUCCESS OF SAFAVIAN IN PRODUCING METALWORKS
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: SUCCESS OF SAFAVIAN IN PRODUCING METALWORKS It’s one of the traditional handicrafts of Iran that its origin goes back to the Sogians period that lived in Caucasus around 5000 to 7000 years ago and had Aryan origins. Engraving is done on different metals such as copper ,brass ,silver, gold and also some […]
IRAN AS AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF METALWORKS FROM PAST TO PRESENT
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRAN AS AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF METALWORKS FROM PAST TO PRESENT Metalwork is perhaps the most continuous and best-documented artistic medium from Iran in the Islamic period. It survives mainly in brass (see BERENJ) and bronze. Most gold and silver wares, better known through literary accounts, were likely melted down (Ward, pp. […]
PERSIAN HANDICRAFTS AS A SYMBOL OF BEAUTY
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN HANDICRAFTS AS A SYMBOL OF BEAUTY Iran, as one of the most ancient civilizations of the world, and the land of many tribes so different in culture, lifestyle, and tradition has enjoyed a wide variety of handicrafts during history. Persian handicrafts, each narrating the stories of the culturally diverse populations in […]