Semiotics of Orientalist Components in the Archeological Tiles of Qajar Mansions Case Study of Tiling of Five Mansions from Shiraz

Many arts in Qajar era ,including tileworks, show ancient motifs of Iranian art Although, the first Pahlavi era is introduced as the historical period of archaism in contemporary Iranian art, but this phenomenon is affected by the historical and social conditions of the Qajar era The influence of Orientalism and the activities of European archeologists in this thematic trend has been effective in Qajar art. The semiotic approach of Qajar archaeological motifs will help to identify oriental components in the case sample of this study. Qajar tiles are the best context for tracking archaeological trends in Qajar architecture. Examples of ancient tiles from five Qajar mansions in Shiraz have been investigated in this study. The aim of this study was to categorize the archaeological signs of Qajar tiles in order to extract its Oriental components. The Question of this research is, What factors can be considered effective in creating tiles with archaic designs of the Qajar era? Can the current of Orientalism of the Qajar era be considered effective in the appearance of archeology of tile paintings of Qajar era? According to the research hypothesis, probably the flow of Oriental studies during the Qajar period has led to an oriental tendencies on the art of this era. The findings of this study confirmed the hypothesis and determined that orientalistic components and signs in the studied samples include ancient decorative motifs, prominent roles and ancient monuments, ancient figurative components, legitimizing components and components of mythological personalities. In addition, direct observation of the results of archaeologists' activities in the ancient areas of Shiraz can be considered as one of the factors in the prevalence of archeological motifs in Qajar mansions of Shiraz. In This study, with analytical and descriptive method and emphasis on layered semiotics, the sample of the considered works of Shiraz mansions has been studied. The method of collecting data was library studies along with the author's observations of the sample of Qajar archeological tiles from Shiraz mansions.