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Morsali Tohidi F. A Study on the Graphic Structure of Infographics, in the Illustration of Six Pictures of the Book “Al-Bulhan”. SciJPH 2024; 13 (26) :1-18
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Informational graphics or infographics, as a new way of visualizing information, have a significant contribution to the spread and development of science in today’s societies. Sources in this field have attributed the beginning of infographic to Western scientific books and paid less attention to the rich achievement of Muslim artists in the field of science and information illustration. Visualization of information in a scientific way, in the past, has spread its most basic fundamentals on scientific books and resources, such as books on geography, medicine, astronomy, botany, etc., but the resources written about this branch come from graphics. the background they mention for informative graphics is mostly among ancient western texts and sources, and they have paid less attention to the rich achievements of Muslims in the field of illustrating Islamic books. One of the striking examples of these efforts, which expresses the artist’s structured attitude in all the arrangements of art and science, is the book called “Al-Bulhan”, a great book on astronomy, astrology and magic by Abolmasher Balkhi. By adopting a descriptive method and through library research, this research intends to evaluate 6 drawings of Al-Bulhan from the perspective of the rules presented in an effective infographic. The results of the research indicate that the systems of balance, hierarchy, emphasis, dominance, etc. which are the governing principles of informational graphic design, are in line with the standards of illustration in this version. Achieving these results is a testament to the mastery of Muslim artists on the basics of information illustration in past ages. According to the analysis of informative graphic features in 6 manuscripts of Al-Bulhan book, features such as presenting two-dimensional images, representing icons in a linear form, minimalism in expressing and illustrating images and data, using environmental lines, combining images and texts, using palette limited color to quickly receive information, use of a special numbering code system to prevent the multiplicity of information, classification of audience levels in pictures, narration, variable title and subtitle fonts, use of fixed and repeating motifs, following human images from Iranian painting, balanced text system and image system can be extracted.
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هنرهاي تجسمي
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