ای س ا د  د . ! ا    ی  را  و  ر رواج  .  Photographing the National of رواج  *( !زه در د&ی ھ  $ح د " : " آ   و-د ، &1 د 0 /.- (Houman Sadr , Iran ([email protected] دارد؟ ". ا 7 *( ا  ھ ا -ن &6 ن ھ  "ان ری ا.  :  : در : 9*8  !-ان : ! -ی &1   ه ر  د، را  !;-  " "! در =11 

Every time in , artists have spoken of the beauty they... ?و&"ه ی  !< " " &1 را . have seen or have manifested their creativity in some form, we ا 7 B " " ھ ی در آAز &0ھ  ?  ی ?از و &< &1 و @ زی دا . have been in awe of the immensity of their shared sense of ن  -"&" D ھی C-د را  اF/ده از  -ن  E &1  " . در واGH - beauty. The question is how and to what extent do our artistsK ای ا! ر7F از ھ رھی ز E    را J و I راه ھی &- 7 ;ی در .revere and pay homage to the wisdom of their predecessors دوره ھی M "N-رت  . 0P-& د "ن  ا! ء  &8ات  / و N   *( &- 7 در  -د .  RCف دت &-  در  ن    -ن و ھ ھ -د . دH در ES For years the thought of gathering a collection, which trulyW6ت،   ا&م ر، "م Vورت و ا69ام .رت "ی در طا= ... از و X ھ  ,demonstrated the essence of this country’s and architecture -د    &E  د 0 ھ ھی !;- ی  -ه ای !  داد. was brewing inside me. It was to be a collection that not only ’presented the visual beauty but also the origins of the creators !ر YZ ی  در ا ان M  thoughts. The beauty in our myths, legends and images have  ی -!ھ ?D از اFCاع  در زن *@" ه Hر، او 79 D ھ در ا ان been more or less impressed by what has been in the past, and !-_ د ^ @ت روس، & -[ی ?وP I9پ " . ھ6اده &Mا9" 7 زای 13 9 از او79 I hope to show how this process of imagination is crystallized in & -د   روش داو! b  M& .( 1842 ) "ا9" 7 -ان HR ی ز دی  man’s creative mind, thus setting the grounds for the principles &1 و طا= دا . از D ھ   از Cرج  ا ان  آورد &" i9ت  د و ز& of art today.   !Z  $  & : اF-د -ی  در خ C-د  راه ا&"اC . /ھی وی  k& This is an effort to introduce the forerunners in the field of ھ در Fش  در ا ان !S اوان داF " . او !.6ات ری از ا&  culture, art and philosophy; it is also an inevitable need to reach ا ان آورد؛ "ر ی   د iا، Fب آ-زش  !I9 د . ه -د ! & " out to the legacy of history. There will often be articles covering ھ@ ی !nا!  در Hن ھی iF از [ در -ر ا&م F -د،  ھ !-_ subjects such as: vast spaces stretching from the west to the درر  ا ان آورده " . &Mا9" 7 ه او79 س آ!-ر ا ا& -د و  ا 7 !!< east; the crystal clear springs and the expansive mirages; or it !-ا&    ی !;- ی 6ر از ." C-د  در i0ارد . ھ@ ی ا ا&ن او9 7 س will be a perusal of the primeval expanding as far as the lost آ!-ر ا ا& را    " . horizons of the world. We shall talk of the extravagant gilded در ا 7 دوره، آH رV س  س درر " . از !@م درر ن و &"ھن ? ZF و ;R ceilings and the elegantly symmetrical mud domes of the desertد د 0  " . در ھ@ ی /ھ س  ھ@اه ه -د و از !@م  / we shall glance over inlaid work and printed calico and peer into   د . اای @ F در /ھی C-د &F9 -o 7 P 6 داF " . از ھ@ ی .ھ post modernism or art deco. At times we will be traversing the  F "  " . @-  ی ا 7 D ھ در ZF& ی  ، -زه ی خ  Fن و desert as an endless journey to taste the fountains of Caroun Z& ی . دآوری "ه ا&" . C &6 ھ -ز در د اZص H &"ه ا . در and Jeyhoun rivers. Sometimes it will be diving deep into the ز  ھ@ ی D ھ ھ ح FZ;ی &-F  " . art of the Renaissance or a search for the name of an unknown ا ھD Y ازه ی ورود   =م و  از - ن ه را &"ا . ا 7 ا C$  ."ه flower in the plains of Fars and Azerbaijan; or it may just be a ی ه -د ! وی !@م =م را  د، ھ@ ی ز&ن را؛ و &6 ه را. M& little chat with an exhausted weaver and at the same time, aا9" 7 ه !;@  دآوری @-  ی   D از ! ا ان د .  ا 7 C conversation with Matisse and Braque. We will peek at theط،  P " س ارو?  و رو H "1ارداد  . ا & " د 0 ا-ر @ F، ا 7 ر mysterious spaces in the narrow dusty alleyways of Rey and ھ &!@م و ا&م &"ه &" . ! . !N"اد N"ودی D از !Z @"،  : ا[Rک، " ,E and a word about the glorious palaces of the world. Yet-د، و   "E F &$ . " Rوه  ژول ر رد ا&-ی و س  ھ در ا 7 sometimes a divine silence embraces the Splendour and the ز  =F د وF&  9 &" . در =11 آ&H  Y &" @"! *;-ل / ه و allure of all the faith and the eye for beauty hidden under the درر ن -د  !-_ س ، ه و  درر ن F  " . …golden domes of Isfahan and Ardastan, or Florence and Milan در ا ان "ت ھ از روش داو! b ای  اF/ده  "  ا ن ! ( D ھ And at the end it is to trust the beating hearts, full of secrets, و-د &"ا و F D ھ در ا &-ر از ن  رP&  . " Fر D ھ ر ا در  " hidden in a land of heroes, who watch over Iran’s blessed spirit P &0  داF " . از آ&   در ا ان !1 E  روز -د، روش !E9-ت و ا ن of civilization. 7 42