حاکمیت قاجار و تاثیر آن بر درون‌مایه قالی‌های تصویری ایران

The rise of the Qajar dynasty coincided with Iranians' exposure to the transformations that had revolutionized the Western world, as well as the wave of modernization that permeated the country's political and cultural atmosphere as a result of this exposure. This provided the grounds for changes in the patterns of Iranian carpets and led to the emergence of a nascent style in Iranian carpets known as pictorial carpets. The main research question is: What was the impact of Qajar rule and the developments of this particular historical period on the themes of Iranian pictorial carpets? The aim of this research is to understand the reasons behind the production of pictorial carpets with various themes during the Qajar era. The method used in this research is fundamental in purpose and historical-descriptive in nature, with a comparative approach. The samples introduced in this research are of the quota type, consisting of representative examples selected through theoretical saturation and analyzed using qualitative methods. The findings of this research, based on documentary studies, show that some of the Qajar's domestic and foreign policies directly influenced the determination of pictorial carpet designs, while some of these designs were also influenced by international developments. Overall, the results of the research indicate signs of the emergence of a discourse of modernity within the study corpus, which can be considered a reflection of the aforementioned discourse in Iranian society.