Masood Mohammadzadeh Tehrani; Mohsen Marasy
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Many video games have historical content. In other words, gamers play various genres in specific historical eras. Assassin’s Creed franchises are a kind of those games. In this article, Assassin’s Creed (2007) had researched in detail. “Assassinate” is the most important ...
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Many video games have historical content. In other words, gamers play various genres in specific historical eras. Assassin’s Creed franchises are a kind of those games. In this article, Assassin’s Creed (2007) had researched in detail. “Assassinate” is the most important feature of this game that has been based on Ismailities Nizaris and the Assassin Legends in its narrative during the third Crusade. This article shows how developers have chosen historical narratives, especially Assassin Legends, and have converted them to the game’s narrative and mechanics and have made a new interpretation of Assassin Legends. In this article, the content of AC as a historical game has been discussed in interdisciplinary (Art and History). The historical method had used where we discuss Ismailities Nizaris and The Assassin Legends; and the descriptive-analytic method where we attend to the game’s content. In addition, this thesis approach is comparative. It has shown that AC has developed and inspired by The Assassin Legends in layers very intelligently. Some historical narratives have been converted to mechanics of the game as deadly falling by order of “Old Man of the Mountain” and Gnostic vision. Most Muslim characters are fictitious but most Christian characters have a real historical existence. This article may be useful for those who make historical games.
Sareh Malaki; Ahmad Nadalian; Mohsen Marasy
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Social sculpture is a Social action of art in which thought, dialogue plays a vital role. The term social sculpture was first coined by German artist and politician Joseph Beuys. The present study aimed to study the functions of social sculpture as a social art. In this study, Joseph Beuys's most important ...
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Social sculpture is a Social action of art in which thought, dialogue plays a vital role. The term social sculpture was first coined by German artist and politician Joseph Beuys. The present study aimed to study the functions of social sculpture as a social art. In this study, Joseph Beuys's most important ideas about social sculpture and the emergence of social art in the postmodern period were also mentioned. The research was descriptive-analytical and theoretical in nature by means of the descriptive-analytical method and essential information was obtained through the library, interview and referral to relevant and valid online databases. The findings showed that the concept of social sculpture provided a new type of art that was a link between art and social training. This artistic genre has gone so far today, social sculpture, activism and social action are in the form of art. Many artists, through their social sculptures, raise the level of public awareness of the community and improve social conditions.
Mohammad Moeinadini; Ahmad Nadalian; Mohsen Marasi
Volume 15, Issue 27 , February 2014, , Pages 87-110
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A Study of the Concept of Style and its Role in Folk Art Using descriptive _ analytical methodology, the present paper aims at studying some of the major features of folk art in order to examine the role of style in the genre. Folk art serves as a reflection of the folk culture, historical background, ...
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A Study of the Concept of Style and its Role in Folk Art Using descriptive _ analytical methodology, the present paper aims at studying some of the major features of folk art in order to examine the role of style in the genre. Folk art serves as a reflection of the folk culture, historical background, aspiration as well as expectations of a society. Simple structure, sentimentalism, narration and the ability of the genre to communicate are the contributing features of folk art to the development of strong historical, social and cultural ties among different classes of a society. Besides displaying the personal taste of the folk artist, style as the context for their ideology, enjoys profoundly rooted publicity within a social culture due to the socio-cultural nature of the art. It goes without saying that the folk artist is free to develop their independent style as well as to produce artistic creativity within cultural and aesthetic principles of their society.
