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| Foreword The story of the creation of design and the intimacy of colour witth clay_or other words, the blessed relationship beween the creative fingers of the pious and amorous painters of ihis land water, clay and fire, has a background as old as the history of art and culture all over Iran. This old story ; starts with the prehistoric birth and manifestation of form and colour on clay. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Ah,love!could thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits_and then Re_ mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
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Battle of Rustam and Sohrab attibuted to Moosaizadeh,the tile painter of Isfahan Old bath in Afifabad Garden Shiraz There is no doubt,however,that tile art, following such extensive and continued changes, gained such a reputation after a short time that without its presence as a decorative element,iranian architecture specially the religious one could not be manifested so beautifully and gloriously. |
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Persian Painted Tiles Persian Painted tiles In spite of the fact that it is no longer the work of passionate souls and the pattern and colour on the tile bears no memory of the past or persent and the design is vague and the colour dry and pale,what is important, is the way we observe the old illustration of such outstanding talented design on clay, which manifest as evidence of the national identity of Iranian art that has survived through ages. |
Anonymous second half of 20 century East side of Golestan Palace, Tehran |
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