Semiotic analysis of symbolic aspects of visual themes in selected paintings by Nasser Oveysi from Pierce's point of view

Statement of the problem: 

The Saqaqhana school is one of the most important artistic movements of the 1940s in Iran, which was formed with a traditionalist and at the same time innovative approach and was inspired by the global art method and the artists attributed to this movement are respected. Incorporating old visual elements, they created works that looked for differences in their art. The mentioned art can be studied from the field of culture, identity, art, etc., with structural, semiotic, psychological, etc. approaches. Many artists are active in this field, one of them is Nasser Owaisi, who can be considered as one of the prominent artists of this school.

Importance and necessity of conducting research:

 The present article aims to introduce and examine the visual characteristics and symbolic aspects of decorative motifs in selected works of the Saqaqhana school of painting by Nasser Owais, which is analyzed with the tools of structuralism and semiotics based on Peirce's point of view. They are explained.

Objectives of the article: 

The objective of this article is to analyze the symbolic aspects of decorative motifs in the works of Nasser Owaisi from Peirce's point of view.

Research question: 

Therefore, this article seeks to answer two basic questions: What are the visual characteristics of Naser Owaisi's Saqakhane paintings and what are the meanings of the decorative motifs? What is the performance of the semiotic approach in the selected works of Nasser Owaisi?

This research has been researched with a descriptive-analytical method. This article is a qualitative research and study samples are collected from library sources.

The results of this paper indicate that motifs are classified into six categories: abstract, human, animal, plant, and geometric motifs. written The painter has used motifs such as chamomile flowers, pomegranates, horses, women, shapes (squares, circles, triangles and rhombuses) and improvisational lines, objects such as three strings in his works, which are associated with concepts such as power , tolerance, pleasure, fertility, creation and freedom are related. Balance, equilibrium, movement are among the visual characteristics of these works. The signs of the decorative motifs of the above-mentioned artist's works are mostly symbolic and indexical and are considered figurative-abstract and abstract-similatory signs.