چکیده:
Modernity is the main feature of Tabriz carpets, which is a leading city in the revival of contemporary Iranian carpet weaving. The purpose of this study is to explain the historical contexts of Tabriz being scout in the revival of Iranian carpet weaving and the reason for the prevalence of modernism phenomenon in contemporary carpet of this city. Therefore, in this article, at first, examples of modernity in contemporary Tabriz carpets were identified and introduced by statistical study, based on traditional Iranian carpet standards. The results show that realism is the main feature of the design and color of contemporary carpets in this city. The documentary study of the historical context of this phenomenon showed that the acquaintance of the people of Tabriz with modernist ideas through Russia and the Ottoman Empire, business interaction with Caucasus, the vast presence of foreign commercial and political representatives in this city and the presence of carpet merchants and manufacturers in the context of these developments, provided the ground for the influence of modernist currents amongst the production operates of Tabriz carpet. Utilizing emerging technologies, having capable and modern manpower in all aspects of Tabriz carpet production system, provided the ground for the city to take the lead in accepting and reflecting modernist ideas in production carpets.
خلاصه ماشینی:
A documentary study of the historical contexts of this phenomenon showed that the familiarity of the people of Tabriz with modernist ideas through Russia and the Ottoman Empire, business and commercial interactions with the Caucasus, the extensive presence of foreign commercial and political delegations in this city, and the placement of Tabriz carpet merchants and producers within the context of these transformations, provided the ground for the influence of modernist currents among the factors of Tabriz carpet production.
Therefore, considering the importance of the role of social and historical contexts in the emergence of cultural and artistic transformations, the main research questions are: A) What factors facilitated the leadership of the city of Tabriz in the revival of carpet weaving in Iran during the Qajar period?
Taken together, the above studies consider the tendency toward variety and the perception of creativity and innovation as the design and production factors of Tabriz carpets to be the main cause of changes contrary to the cultural foundations of Iranian art in these carpets; however, given their own objectives, they have not made an effort toward analyzing and explaining the historical-social contexts of the emergence of this phenomenon.
Modernist and modernizing thought was one of these influences that, coinciding with the peak of Iranian carpet production and export led by the city of Tabriz and the financial support of its merchants, permeated different layers of Azerbaijani society and made this society predisposed to accepting new and transformative ideas, to the point that a significant number of Azerbaijan tribes also became supporters of the Constitutional Revolution.
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