A research about the effect of traditional arts in environment on national identity protection (Case study: Drawing room)

Abstract

Inattention to different aspects of human needs will have undesirable effects on person and society. Attention to these needs and presenting a solution for answering it help achieving a desirable society and country. One of these matters is presence of national identity in house architecture especially internal designing of drawing room which has various furniture and decoration. This is the question: What is the role of traditional arts on drawing room identification? For answering this question we used library-based and qualitative research methods and case study. As attention to national identity is necessary for consistency of a country, its presence at home and family is important as well.

Drawing room in Iranian traditional houses, because of importance of guest, has been one of the most beautiful parts of house. In Qajar era, before tendency toward west, these rooms had completely Iranian identity using various traditional arts. Comparing drawing room of this era with its contemporary Europe showed although they had definite identity, architecture of drawing room and even decoration of two places are different because of cultural difference; but lack of identity of drawing rooms in comparison with current Iranian drawing rooms is worth mentioning.

If those who are in charge of country in their actions and people in their thoughts pay attention to national identity in environment, they will help a lot to protection of national unity and independence of country.