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The Iranian art of calligraphy and its links with the modern art
By Nasrin Pourhamrang The modernism movement which encompassed the whole Europe since the second half of the 19th century and led to fundamental transformations in this continent reached the other parts of the world including Asian countries and Iran as a result of its progressive expansion. Since the acquaintance of Iranians with the manifestations of the modernity experience in the West which dates back to more than 100 years, several developments have taken place in this country, many transformations have happened and new mechanisms have become institutionalized. The results of some of these positive mechanisms have evoked widespread criticism. In enumerating the reasons of failures and deficits, many critics refer to the non-ethnicity of the experience of modernity and its material manifestation which is called modernism. Regardless of the experience of modernity which has its roots in the social – political developments of the Western societies, modernity which means newness and novelty is an original need of the human societies which is not exclusive to any geographical direction but a necessity for the survival of every human society. |
