Asghar Fahimifar
Biographic Data
| ID | 183118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asghar Fahimifar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asghar |
| FAMILY NAME | Fahimifar |
| SIGNATURE | FAHIMIFAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tarbiat Modares University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9397-6269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Modernized Iranian family and its critique in late Pahlavi era cinema1
This article examines the transformation of the Iranian family during the Pahlavi era through the lens of cinema, focusing on FilmFarsi and the Iranian New Wave. It argues that modernization did not replace traditional values but recontextualized them within an emerging consumerist and visual culture. Drawing on Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism and Debord’s society of the spectacle, the study shows how the family – historically rooted in eco…
Urban spaces, flânerie, and the crisis of modern Iranian identity in Kamran Shirdel’s the Morning of the Fourth Day (1972)
Kamran Shirdel’s The Morning of the Fourth Day (1972), a seminal yet understudied work of Iranian New Wave cinema, extends the director’s documentary critique of Pahlavi modernisation into fiction through a reflexive and formally experimental mode. This article reads the film as an inquiry into urban spectatorship under uneven modernisation, arguing that Shirdel transforms Tehran into a visual field of commodities, screens, and circulating desire…
The idea of the Нoly Relation to The philosophy of Sacred Decoration in Iranian-Islamic Art (A Case Study on an Inscription from the Dome of Taj Al-Molk, Isfahan’s Jāmeh Mosque, Seljuk Period, 5th–6th…
Iranian-Islamic art has featured whose epistemological nature differs from other Islamic arts because it is associated with a rich intellectual infrastructure called the Philosophy of Decoration. Also, The Idea of the Holy assumes the manifestation of the superior world’s light in the sensual and material universe as the origin of extrasensory truth and the origin of IranianIslamic artist inspiration. The way these concepts are echoed in the aest…
A Study on the ‘Philosophy of Decoration’ in the Seljuk Period (5th to 6th Centuries CE) Emphasizing the Dome of ‘Taj Al- Molk’ of the Isfahan Grand Mosque
The Seljuk period (5th–6th Centuries CE) is one of the most important historical periods of Islamic Iran in various arts formed and developed in accordance with Islamic beliefs. Bricklaying decoration is one of the most valuable types of Persian Architectural decorations, and The Seljuk period is the era of extraordinary development and progress of this art and the ‘Taj Al-Molk’ Dome of the Isfahan Grand Mosque is known as its masterpiece. In fac…
Behind the scenes of theatrical meaning: A social semiotic approach to inter- and intramodal interactions in performance
This article adopts a Social Semiotic perspective to meaning-making in theater, contending that such an approach is essential for comprehensively addressing the intricate interrelations among the diverse sign systems inherent to the theatrical domain. While existing scholarly literature acknowledges the complex nature of meaning construction in theater and underscores the importance of analyzing the interplay between various sign systems, there e…
From commitment to expressionism: A survey on the changing concept of photography in Iran
This paper examines the evolution of the concept of photography in Iran during the two decades following the 1979 Islamic revolution and its relationship to a changing political discourse during that period. Since the state became a dominant player in culture and the arts during the post-Islamic revolutionary era, this paper puts the evolution of the concept of photography into a socio-political context. Using Discursive Institutionalism as a the…
Study and recognition of organic matter of pastiglia layer and gliding of Safavid period in Qazvin chehelsotoun
Quality of Visual Aesthetic Facets in Designing Christian and Islamic Religious Websites
This study considers visual aesthetics as a significant contributor to involving the user in online visual communication. It argues that religious websites as an online environment require attention to the impressive communication process. In this study, we focus on how Christian and Islamic religious websites use the five visual aesthetic facets, including Simplicity, Diversity (visual richness), Colourfulness, Typography, and Image on homepages…
A Study on the ‘Philosophy of Decoration’ in the Seljuk Period (5th to 6th Centuries CE) Emphasizing the Dome of ‘Taj Al- Molk’ of the Isfahan Grand Mosque
The Seljuk period (5th–6th Centuries CE) is one of the most important historical periods of Islamic Iran in various arts formed and developed in accordance with Islamic beliefs. Bricklaying decoration is one of the most valuable types of Persian Architectural decorations, and The Seljuk period is the era of extraordinary development and progress of this art and the ‘Taj Al-Molk’ Dome of the Isfahan Grand Mosque is known as its masterpiece. In fac…
Behind the scenes of theatrical meaning: A social semiotic approach to inter- and intramodal interactions in performance
This article adopts a Social Semiotic perspective to meaning-making in theater, contending that such an approach is essential for comprehensively addressing the intricate interrelations among the diverse sign systems inherent to the theatrical domain. While existing scholarly literature acknowledges the complex nature of meaning construction in theater and underscores the importance of analyzing the interplay between various sign systems, there e…
Study and recognition of organic matter of pastiglia layer and gliding of Safavid period in Qazvin chehelsotoun
Quality of Visual Aesthetic Facets in Designing Christian and Islamic Religious Websites
This study considers visual aesthetics as a significant contributor to involving the user in online visual communication. It argues that religious websites as an online environment require attention to the impressive communication process. In this study, we focus on how Christian and Islamic religious websites use the five visual aesthetic facets, including Simplicity, Diversity (visual richness), Colourfulness, Typography, and Image on homepages…
From commitment to expressionism: A survey on the changing concept of photography in Iran
This paper examines the evolution of the concept of photography in Iran during the two decades following the 1979 Islamic revolution and its relationship to a changing political discourse during that period. Since the state became a dominant player in culture and the arts during the post-Islamic revolutionary era, this paper puts the evolution of the concept of photography into a socio-political context. Using Discursive Institutionalism as a the…
The idea of the Нoly Relation to The philosophy of Sacred Decoration in Iranian-Islamic Art (A Case Study on an Inscription from the Dome of Taj Al-Molk, Isfahan’s Jāmeh Mosque, Seljuk Period, 5th–6th…
Iranian-Islamic art has featured whose epistemological nature differs from other Islamic arts because it is associated with a rich intellectual infrastructure called the Philosophy of Decoration. Also, The Idea of the Holy assumes the manifestation of the superior world’s light in the sensual and material universe as the origin of extrasensory truth and the origin of IranianIslamic artist inspiration. The way these concepts are echoed in the aest…
A Study on the ‘Philosophy of Decoration’ in the Seljuk Period (5th to 6th Centuries CE) Emphasizing the Dome of ‘Taj Al- Molk’ of the Isfahan Grand Mosque
The Seljuk period (5th–6th Centuries CE) is one of the most important historical periods of Islamic Iran in various arts formed and developed in accordance with Islamic beliefs. Bricklaying decoration is one of the most valuable types of Persian Architectural decorations, and The Seljuk period is the era of extraordinary development and progress of this art and the ‘Taj Al-Molk’ Dome of the Isfahan Grand Mosque is known as its masterpiece. In fac…
Behind the scenes of theatrical meaning: A social semiotic approach to inter- and intramodal interactions in performance
This article adopts a Social Semiotic perspective to meaning-making in theater, contending that such an approach is essential for comprehensively addressing the intricate interrelations among the diverse sign systems inherent to the theatrical domain. While existing scholarly literature acknowledges the complex nature of meaning construction in theater and underscores the importance of analyzing the interplay between various sign systems, there e…
Modernized Iranian family and its critique in late Pahlavi era cinema1
This article examines the transformation of the Iranian family during the Pahlavi era through the lens of cinema, focusing on FilmFarsi and the Iranian New Wave. It argues that modernization did not replace traditional values but recontextualized them within an emerging consumerist and visual culture. Drawing on Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism and Debord’s society of the spectacle, the study shows how the family – historically rooted in eco…
Urban spaces, flânerie, and the crisis of modern Iranian identity in Kamran Shirdel’s the Morning of the Fourth Day (1972)
Kamran Shirdel’s The Morning of the Fourth Day (1972), a seminal yet understudied work of Iranian New Wave cinema, extends the director’s documentary critique of Pahlavi modernisation into fiction through a reflexive and formally experimental mode. This article reads the film as an inquiry into urban spectatorship under uneven modernisation, arguing that Shirdel transforms Tehran into a visual field of commodities, screens, and circulating desire…
Art (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Dome (geology (2 works)