The Multi-Semantic Nature of Visual Symbols in Iranian Paintings (A Case Study of Four Paintings by Shahnameh Tahmasebi, in the Aga

Each image consists of a set of signs that indicate the content of the work. Sometimes this content and meaning in the work may be incomprehensible and contrary to the audience's perception. Therefore, considering the importance of signs in the production of various meanings, the issue of how artists use signs to express their intentions is always important and has a special place in the analysis of works. In addition, some artists deliberately inclusion of signs in the form of binary oppositions in the pictures, great tension between meaning and representation of fact makes noticing and analyze them, a necessary issue. Due to the importance of the frame of work in order to retell the narrations, the priority of selection is purposeful and there are several frames in the picture. In addition, it also features two single frames and breaking in frame were selected so that the four paintings from Shahnameh tahmasebi in the Aga Khan Museum get analyzed with semiotic approach. The research was carried out through descriptive-analytical based on gathering data and using library resources. In this regard, the use of Derrida's strategy of binary opposition in reading and analyzing images is possible and makes the research significant. Achieving the nature and function of signs in the works in question and paying attention to the polysemous function of visual signs in drawings is the main goal of the research and the relationship between the meanings of signs and Derrida s binary oppositions in the introduced drawings is a question that will be answered in the present study. According to the related studies, in cases where artists have used the binary oppositions of contradiction and inversion in their work; it has led to the creation of numerous meanings in painting. The nature of the signs, whether due to the community of meanings of several signs or due to the sharing or reflection meanings of the signs in another; the essence of the meanings of the signs will be variable