History of the architecture dates back to the time when human intended to build a shelter to live in Persian land during ancient ages. The art and science of the architecture has provided the possibility of making shelter considering situation, location, weather, or even climate. Against making a stone column, a clay pot, or a metal knife, process of building a house, a palace, or a temple almost always have not been an individual attempt and all of ancient buildings have been the result of group work.
Architecture is one of the most ancient Persian arts that has had its own special prosperity in different ages of IRAN’s history. Much evidence have proved that IRAN is one of the places where the primitive urbanism, architecture, and engineering has emerged in. Much existed evidence such as villages, dams, bridges, palaces, or inscriptions tell us helpful information about architecture and engineering related to different ages of this fantastic country.
Persian architecture ages:
Pre-Islamic architecture
- Persian Architecture
- Parthian Architecture
- Sasanian Architecture
Persian Architecture: Achaemenid architects used this type of architecture to construct the buildings. This type was a common method between 600-400 BC. Pasargadae, Sialk, Chogha Zanbil, and Takht-e Jamshid or Persepolis are the great sample of such a kind of architecture. Achaemenid kings took advantage of Babylonian, Median, and Egyptian artists and architects to create a magnificent masterpiece. They didn’t build the exact same thing and didn’t use the exact same method to construct a monument, but they inspect other nation’s art and inspired them to create an innovative thing.
Parthian Architecture: This type of Architecture used to be implemented between 400 BC until the emergence of Islam in IRAN. This type was dedicated to Ashkanian or Parthian Empire. They had gotten into the pawer 250 BC after Solukian Dynasty. At first, they conform the Greek art but gradually they used traditional Persian architecture. The view of the building was so important to them, so they beautifully painted the external view. They designed the ceiling in arc-shaped and arcade-like and this shape changed into a pattern for next architectural eras.
Sasanian Architecture: Sasanian society defined Zoroastrian as an official religion and created a magnificent art that competed with foreign arts, specially Roman architecture and in lots of cases they were better then Roman one. The best type of ceiling in arcade-shaped used to be utilized in huge palaces such as Taghe Kasra or even Roman monuments. Other examples that are related to Sasanian art is intriguing lithography existed in Naqsh-e Rostam or the tiling which is used in Firuzabad palace.