Comparative Analysis of Baroque and Rococo in Interior Decoration of the Masudieh Complex & Qavam Al-Saltaneh Building

Abstract: due to human beings’ aesthetic sense, they have always been engaged in embellishingtheir living environment throughout the history. given the different culture, customs, beliefs and evenvaried policy of each society, the applied arts or decorative styles have constantly been evolved. theqajar architecture was influenced by russian and central europe styles, and by combining them withthe iranian traditional architecture a unique style in its kind was born. many palaces and buildingswere constructed particularly, during naser-al din shah era which were tried to present some uniqueand combined views of their owners power and greatness. although masudieh complex and qavam alsaltanehbuilding were built during two different architectural periods, clearly show the particularities ofthe qajarid architecture. so selection and comparison of these buildings will manifest ornamental artschanges during end of qajarid era. the paper is trying find any similarities and dissimilarities betweenthese decorative elements and to provide required answers to the questions being raised with regards tothe specialties and styles of decorative components of the two buildings, by using collected data throughlibrary research, dissertations, documents and field studies an analytical and descriptive method has beenapplied in this respect. anyhow, the available documents show that no comparative studies have beenmade so far in the field and only some hints are given concerning the history of qavam building andmasudieh complex. although the two buildings were built in two different periods of time they follow asimilar style.