sasan samanian; sareh bahmani
Abstract
Making metal objects by cold method is known as dovatgeri. Dovatgar artists used to make alchemy with delicate carvings on the bodies of silver and copper vessels and gave them a hundredfold value. Although the history of dovatgri in Shiraz goes back to the early days of this art, there are only a handful ...
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Making metal objects by cold method is known as dovatgeri. Dovatgar artists used to make alchemy with delicate carvings on the bodies of silver and copper vessels and gave them a hundredfold value. Although the history of dovatgri in Shiraz goes back to the early days of this art, there are only a handful of workshops left in this city these days. This research, which is of a basic type and was carried out by a descriptive-analytical method; In addition to the introduction of this indigenous art-industry and its types, its history, formation process and its tools and materials from the perspective of location and use; We are looking to see what is its current position among handicrafts in Shiraz. The method of data collection in this research is in the field, combined with a library and visiting the workshops active in the city of Shiraz, and the preparation of interviews, photos and films of its artists. The findings of the research show that, unfortunately, the indigenous art-industry of davatgari in Shiraz is being forgotten or rather, it is doomed to be forgotten, and the number of davatgari does not exceed the fingers of one hand, and the difficulty...
nazi noorinezhadi
Abstract
Jovak art work is one of the traditional arts and industries in Fars province and especially in Shiraz, a historical city in Iran. Unfortunately, today there are few people who have heard the name of this kind of art, and usually they confuse this kind of art which is made by putting together ...
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Jovak art work is one of the traditional arts and industries in Fars province and especially in Shiraz, a historical city in Iran. Unfortunately, today there are few people who have heard the name of this kind of art, and usually they confuse this kind of art which is made by putting together different pieces of woods with various colors with another kind of art called Khaatam. In this study, considering the role and status of Jovak art and its past records, and also interviewing with the only man who makes this kind of art work as a case study, it has been studying and investigating seriously. The methodology has been both the field and library study (historical documents and content analysis). Finally, it has been tried to find out the reasons that kept such a nice art unknown to people by referring to different investigations, studies, and documentary resources as well as to help it to be recognized by more people and prevent it to be disappeared .So some solutions are presented to promote this kind of nice art.
