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Title of the article: Aesthetic and semantic features of traditional pottery culture of Iran
Author(s): Nikolaeva T. Yu.
Section: Problems of culturology and history
Year: 2011
Issue: № 3 (XXI)
Pages: 68-72
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Abstract: This article considers traditional Iranian pottery as a part of religions life. The pictures which cover a vessel are not only decorative but also reflect the idea of the Universe. The author analyses peculiarities of shapes and patterns in pre-islamic and Islamic Iranian pottery according to aesthetic principles of corresponding periods.
Keywords: IRAN, CULTURE, POTTERY, ANCIENT BELIEFS, ISLAM, ORNAMENT, TRADITIONS, SYMBOL
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