Explanation of humanistic and mystical concepts with the iconographic reading of two images with the subject of Ismail's slaughter(Study cases: Da Vinci's Sacrifice and Farshchian's Big Test)

Exposing and receiving meaning from a work of art, especially in the field of the image, requires a systematic and coherent framework. Ervin Panofsky has presented a three-step method for passing through the meaning of the face, which in this study has been used to study two paintings of the incident of Ismail's victim. The slaughter of a child by Ibrahim is a turning point in the life of that Imam, which artists, influenced by the society, religion, and art schools of their time had a realistic and surreal look at it. The purpose of the present study is to explain the lyrical and humanistic concepts in the two images of the incident of Ishmael's sacrifice, and the main question of the research is: What are the visual features related to the lyrical and humanistic concepts in the images? Therefore, relying on Panofsky's iconographic method and considering the temporal and spatial conditions of the production of works, it was concluded that due to Farshchian, the existence of lyrical, mystical, and extraterrestrial elements such as open frame, circular composition, and warm colors. Rouhani has emphasized a surreal atmosphere. The reverse is true of the Da Vinci painting, which is the product of a closed, compressed frame and other elements of the image, such as color, light, and composition, that align with the expressive look. Besides, the research method in this qualitative research is descriptive-analytical, which has been collected with a comparative approach using the library and computer resources and by taking notes.