Abstract
The circle formed in the course of surveying the movement from idea to work—which makes the act of creation—and from work to idea—which is concerned with the sphere of thinking, cognition and perception—leads to the formation of culture and civilization. Formation of any civilization is a direct result of interaction between ideas and forms. If there is no idea, there will be no form, and if there is no form, promotion of idea will be meaningless. From the ancient time, the religious-mythical idea, as a whole idea, has been leading to other ideas including philosophical, mystical and political ideas. Architecture, as a historical form, has been the outcome of interactions between the triple ideas proposed under the religious idea. In this study, an attempt is made to explain the role of each idea in the creation of architectural works of Achaemenid civilization by defining them. It also aims to review the historical form of the Achaemenid era, which was based on a philosophical-political idea, in order to investigate the role of this period in relation to architectural form which is addressed with a kind of pluralism. In other words, the main objective was to clarify the interaction between the prevailing notion of time and architectural works.
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The most striking aspect of Farr is its radiance. Anyone who has Farrah, his face is full of radiance. The radiance of its holders has been widely noted in mythology. For example in Shahnameh, when Tahmoures was purified from sins, the divine splendor started to radiate from him. Jamshid owns the most famous radiance so that the second part of his name “Shid” means bright and his original name is Jam. Farr finds different figures while it becomes separated from people or joins them. For example, Farrah was separated from Jamshid as a bird (Varghaneh) or it was hastily following Ardashir Babakan as a Ghormy (mountain ewe) until it joined him eventually. Farrah as a Ghorm is a tale depicted in Shahnameh (MacKenzie 2004).
Also called Jaam-e Jam, Jam-e Jahan nama, Jam-e Jahan Ara, Jam-e Giti nama, Jame Jamshid and Jam-e Kei-khosrow is a mythological figure of Greater Iranian culture and tradition. The Cup of Jamshid is a cup of divination, which in Persian mythology was long possessed by the rulers of ancient Greater Iran.
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Ashrafi, N., Naghizadeh, M. Clarifying the interaction between ideas and architectural works in the Achaemenid era. AI & Soc 31, 287–296 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-015-0587-6
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