Reading the institution of power from the story of Adam's descent in the Safavid era with a social semiotics of image approach based on Kress and van Leeuwen's model Journal Article

Original Title: قرائت دیداری نهاد قدرت از داستان هبوط آدم در عصر صفوی با رویکرد نشانه‌شناسی اجتماعی تصویر مدل کرس و ون‌لیوون

جامعه شناسی هنر و ادبیات بهار و تابستان 1401، دوره چهاردهم - شماره 1 Ranking: ب/ISC (‎24 page(s) - From 229 to 252 )

Keywords: Safavid Era social semiotics of image Tahmasbi Shahnameh Institution of power Image of Adam s descent peace be upon him Safavid Adam

Abstract:

The Safavid era is one of the most important and influential periods in the formation of intellectual and social life.The Safavid dynasty was always trying to gain legitimacy in various ways.Hence due to the religious nature of the government and the relationship that its kings had with mystical methods and the Shiism introduction, used religious art as a tool in the service of government programs and social movements. Among these, the Qur'an, which has always had a special place among Muslim artists due to its value and credibility, in the Safavid religious government, it was at the forefront of artists' attention and inspiration And the artistic expression in the narrations, stories and their concepts became the source of inspiration for many illustrated works for miniaturists.Reading the miniatures of the descent of Adam (AS), which is one of the components of the story of creation in the Qur'an, and the answer to the question: how the implicit meanings and social conditions of the Safavids are explained in this miniature, is the research query.The goal is to discover the hidden inside and recognize the social functions of the work.The research method was descriptive-analytical with the approach of social semiotics of the image and the results of the study showed; the illustration of the story of the descent of Adam is in accordance with the ideological approach of the era and is influenced by social conditions and discourse conflicts of the first half of the Safavid period. Which has been done in its lower layers, by emphasizing the mythical legitimacy of the king and the establishment of the monarchy and the purification of his character and extra-textual factors such as the theory of divine shadow, and Shiite Mahdism and attitudes toward the flow of the perfect master have been involved in its formation.

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‌ A Visual Reading of the Institution of Power from the Story of Adam's Descent in the Safavid Era with an Approach of Social Semiotics of Image: Kress and van Leeuwen Model Neda Shafighi 1 Abstract The Safavid era is one of the important and influential periods in shaping intellectual and social life in Iranian history. The results of the study showed that the visualization of the story of Adam's descent (AS) is in accordance with the ideological approach of the era and influenced by the social conditions and discursive conflicts of the first half of the Safavid period, which in its underlying layers, with emphasis on the myth of the legitimacy of the king and the consolidation of his sovereignty and purification of his personality, has taken place, and external factors such as the theory of Divine Shadow, Shia Mahdavism, and the attitude towards the current of the Perfect Master have been involved in its formation. Therefore, the present study, with the aim of delving into the hidden interior, implicit meanings, and discovering the contextual processes effective in producing an image with the theme of Adam's descent (AS), reads a visual sample of an image from the first half of the Safavid era with an approach to the social semiotics of image to understand the relationship between the form and content of the work through investigation in the cultural-social context of text production.

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