Semiology Study of Shrine Geometric patterns of Damavand City of Tehran Province

TLDR: In this paper, a study of geometric designs used in this city shrines, the amount of this motifs confusion are known by semiotic concepts and denotation and connotation meaning is stated as well.

Abstract: Remained works of decorative Arts in Islamic buildings, especially in religious places such as shrines, possess especial sprits and visual depth Damavand city having very beautiful architectural works has been converted to a valuable treasury of Islamic architectural visual motifs Getting to know shrines and their visual motifs features is leaded to know Typology, in Typology, Denotation and Connotation are the concept of truth This research is based on descriptive and analytical nature and the collection of the data is in a mixture way Sampling is in the form of non-random (optional) and there are 4 samples of geometric motifs of Damavand city of Tehran province and the analysis of information is qualitatively too In this research after study of geometric designs used in this city shrines, the amount of this motifs confusion are known by semiotic concepts and denotation and connotation meaning is stated as well At first the basic articles related to typology and geometric motifs are discussed Discovering the meaning of these motifs requires a necessary deep study about geometric motifs treasury of believe and religious roots and symbolic meaning of this motifs Geometric patterns with the centrality of the circle In drawing, the incidence abstractly and creating new combination is based on uniformly covering surfaces in order not to attract attention to designs independently creating an empty space also recalls “the principle of unity in diversity” and “diversity in unity”