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Curves of Iran

March 19, 2020

“Curves are everywhere in Eastern culture: our writing, our architecture, our instruments, the way we dance; even the tone of our language is curved. The West was built on angles. The East was built on curves.”

Tags Iran, architecture, Middle East, music, dance, language, CheckOut, Arts and Culture
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