Mehdi Kazempour

• Master of Arts
• Tabriz Islamic Arts University

The Azerbaijan Museum has historical artworks from the pre-Islamic to Islamic periods. One of the most important parts of this museum is an open-air section, where a large number of Gravestones, were collected and transported to this place from cemeteries around the city (Tabriz), as well as various East Azerbaijan cities cemeteries. Collecting of...

Due to its connection with national, religious and mythological beliefs, flag (Derafsh) has many forms and patterns that can act as a factor in identifying the identity and way of thinking of a particular nation and period. Among these, the manuscripts of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, due to their epic and national nature, are valuable sources in the field...

Visual evidences are considered to be the most important documents in history and especially in the history of Iranian architecture. There are different types of painting that they could be used importantly to retrieve many of historical as well as artistic issues. On the basis of Herat Painting School, which have more realistic representation it i...

The Ahar city not only has a large number of historical cemeteries but also the courtyard of the city’s museum has one of the richest Islamic-era gravestone collections. These gravestones date to the thirteenth-eighteenth centuries and have been collected from inside the city as well as from surrounding villages. The present study analyzes these gr...

The aim and issue of the research is to evaluate the references of Sassanid era artists to Avesta texts to Sassanian era of decorate of metal dishes. To select the statistical community in this article, 45 of Sassanian era metal dishes were investigated, that were chosen among them 15 were selected which were include indicators related to Sassanian...

Given the importance of the issue of death and resurrection in the Islamic worldview, the issue of burial and how to do it in Islam has a special place. This has made it possible to stay in stone with many signs and symptoms from various historical periods in a wide range of geography in Iran. One of the places where a significant number of stone s...

Visual evidences are considered to be the most important documents in history and especially in the history of Iranian architecture. There are different types of painting that they could be used importantly to retrieve many of historical as well as artistic issues. On the basis of Herat Painting School, which have more realistic representation it i...

Yazd Mosque is one of the Iran's Azeri style that used motifs in stucco and tiling in it, is proper to interpretation. The manument of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabil that built in 753 AD and during the reign of the Safavid, several units were added Contains dozens of exquisite themes of art disciplines such as mosaic tiling, Mogharnas, Sirloin, exquisi...

Chronology of northwestern Iran is principally based on archeological excavations of the area located around Urmia Lake. Although plain and filled with water, and the outcomes of these excavations are extended to the whole northwestern region. However, northwestern Iran despite having geographical diversities with mountainous plains and low stretch...

The site of Kul Tepe is located near the city of Hadishahr, is an ancient multi-period tell about 6 ha in extent and rises 19 m above the surrounding land. At this site, the first season of archeological excavation primarily aimed to clarifying the chronology, settlement organization, and respond to some of the fundamen- Tal questions such as the t...

This paper deals with recording and interpreting a complex of petroglyphs at Dowzdaghi in the northern part of Iranian Azerbaijan in Northwestern Iran. The assemblage can be divided into four sub-assemblages; the designs and images depicted on the surfaces of isolated boulders usually constitute a panel and sometimes individual motifs and inscripti...