Abstract:
The Persian garden with a mansion and the water obtained from the qanat with the planting of
flowers is in the form of a square or a rectangle. Examples of this type of garden are Dowlatabad
garden in Yazd, which refers to the Zandieh period and Fathabad garden of Kerman, which was
built during the Qajar period. The present study, using a descriptive-analytic method, investigated
the architectural motifs of Dowlatabad garden of Yazd and Fathabad in Kerman. This study seeks
to find the differences and similarities between the architectural motifs of these two complexes.
The findings of the research show that geometric patterns are used as the basic and main drawings
in the architecture of Dowlatabad Garden in Yazd. Geometric, plant, animal, human and such
combination designs have also been used in the architecture of the Fathabad garden of Kerman.
Geometric motifs are the common architectural designs in the two garden complexes.
Machine summary:
Investigating the Architectural Motifs of Dowlatabad Garden in Yazd and Fathabad Garden in Kerman Behesteh Aminia, Javad Derakhshanb*, Mohammad Hossein Jafarib aMaster of Arts student, Department of Fine Art, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran bFaculty member of Art and Architecture, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran Received 08 August 2018; revised 26 September 2018; accepted 17 October 2018 Abstract The Persian garden with a mansion and the water obtained from the qanat with the planting of flowers is in the form of a square or a rectangle.
The present study, using a descriptive-analytic method, investigated the architectural motifs of Dowlatabad garden of Yazd and Fathabad in Kerman.
The main objective of this research is to find the differences and similarities of these architectural motifs on the two structures of Dowlatabad garden of Yazd and Fathabad in Kerman.
Accordingly, this research seeks to answer the question of what kind of motifs are used in architectural decoration of two Dowlatabad gardens in Yazd and Fathabad in Kerman?
This article after studying the Persian garden as well as information about Dowlatabad garden of Yazd and Fathabad garden of Kerman, reviews the motifs related to the architecture of the two gardens.
Bahadori (2008) in his book entitled 'Wind catcher, an Engineers masterpiece', reviewed the architecture of the Dowlatabad garden in Yazd, and has introduced the building based on geometric shapes.
The geometry, plant, animal, human and combination designs have also been used in the architecture of the Fathabad garden of Kerman.