The developments Trend of Islamic Inscriptions in the Building Portals of Dezfoul City

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Mahnoush Mahmoudi ¹ , Hossein Zabihi ² , Iraj Etesam ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associat Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2013-10-20 Accepted : 2014-01-23 Published : 2015-01-01

Keywords: architecture, Islamic Architecture, Reconstruction, Epigraph, Inscription, Entrance Portal, Dezfoul,

Abstract :

In the architecture of Iranian traditional houses, the ornamentations available in the inscriptions of houses entrance portal express the identity of architects and personality of houses owners and are rooted in their religious and national beliefs and faiths. The main hypothesis of this research is changing the physique and application of religious contents in compliance with the thoughts and beliefs of people in Dezfoul historical city in the epigraphs of houses entrance portals. The objective of this study is reviewing the development trend of texts, concepts and physique of inscriptions as well as analyzing the factors effective on the quality and diversity of application of inscriptions. The present research is an applied study and descriptive-analytical method has been applied, and the data was collected by library and survey studies. The population of this research includes historical houses, houses damages in war (Iran & Iraq) and renovated and new tissue and new-built houses of Dezfoul, from Qajar era so far. Random sampling method has been applied in this study and dispersal area includes the city. Data analysis method in this study is qualitative and quantitative. The results of this study indicate that today the inscriptions available in the entrance portal of houses in Dezfoul comparing to inscriptions in Qajar1 and Pahlavi2 era is very simple and has lower aesthetic value. One of causes for such superficial and contextual gap between inscriptions seems to be the war and renovations during and after destruction.

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