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The Coordination of Color and Patterns in the Decorations of the Jameh Mosque of Yazd, Zilo and Pottery

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
Yazd province, which has a long history in the culture of the land of Iran, has brought valuable works of art from the collection of architectural structures and decorations to handicrafts and native arts, each of which has a distinct cultural, artistic and even economic affliction. The harmony between the constituent parts of the building, particularly in the architectural decorations and the various influences of ancient motifs that have been placed on each other in different artistic fields, has left valuable and lasting works in the field of culture and art of this region today. The beautiful and heartwarming patterns and colors that can be seen from the surface of the lapis lazuli and white tiles of the Jame Mosque of Yazd to the surface of the cool Zilus and finally the blue and white patterned earthenware of Meybod. The studies conducted on the color and role of these decorations show the harmony between such valuable items and the artistic of such arts with the ancient background behind each art; therefore, the difference in structural techniques of tiling, Zilu-weaving and pottery painting have triggered the motifs of each art to be coordinated with the structural features of arts and have created a unique pattern. This article attempts to investigate the coordination and the effect of the patterns on of the three fields of arts (tiling, Zilu-weaving, and pottery painting).

Research aims:
1. Investigating and identifying the patterns and colors used in the tiling decorations of the Jame Mosque, Zilu-2. weaving and Meybod pottery.
How is the harmony and effectiveness of color and patterns in the decorations of the Yazd Jame Mosque.

Research questions:
1. What motifs and colors are mostly used in the decoration of works of art (tiling decortation, Zilu-weaving and pottery) in Yazd region?
2. According to the difference in execution techniques between tiling, Zilu-weaving and painting on pottery, are the patterns and colors used in these arts similar and consistent with each other?
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