Newspaper Graphics in Iran
Ali Asqar Shirazi
Reprinted from: Honar Nameh, University of Art, Tehran, No. 18, Spring 2004 (A brief of the article)


Page Layouts of the first Iranian Periodicals bear a close resemblance to, and reveal influences of, the visual features of Iranian handwritten manuscripts.

Symmetry is their main feature for a long period. And Symmetry is observed in other aspects of life and society, such as architecture, interior design of buildings, and crafts during this period.

This was in harmony with non-visual forms of the art of this period, such as literature and music. Classic Iranian poetry contains a form of symmetry, and Iranian traditional music is not averse to symmetry either.