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Asha In The Concept Of Evolution And Its Relevant To Art

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Sheykhzayed road

2 art university

Abstract

Iran's pre-Islamic period is epistemologically under the Mazdisnah, in all aspects of its social, political and cultural life. Due to the foundation of Zoroastrian religion, Wise Lord, created the world according to a normative law that dominates everything. Asha is the soul of the truth and is grand narrative environs the Zoroastrian religion and even the prehistoric wisdom and the way of Khosrowan and the righteous of Farah which leads the world to the origin of. On the one hand, creating a work of art, in a comprehensive definition, is perfection oneself and others that is influenced by the concepts that have long been present in collective thought. The same as argument in the art of Iran, according to the ideology of the ancestors which is based on the monotheistic and wise doctrines, following the way of creation the world and the order governing it, is the integral part of the artworks and seen everywhere. Also dynamic and movement are recognized as indicators of Iranian motifs. Equilibrium and similarity have a special place in the structure of Iranian art.
This research will explore and interpret the texts, considering the words of ancient prophet as primary source and its available translations use library resources and documentary techniques to examine the relationship of Asha and evolution. Therefore, while analyzing the semantic meaning of the word Asha in Zoroastrian and pre- Zoroastrian texts, the presence of the concepts of art and beauty, evolution, dynamics and movement, order and balance will identify.

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Philosophical Meditations
Volume 10, Issue 25 - Serial Number 25
February 2021
Pages 281-312
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