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The myth of Jamshid's fall functions as an early Iranian critique of aestheticized power, demonstrating that symbolic legitimacy erodes when visual representation and monumental architecture detach from collective meaning. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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Investigate the myth of Jamshid's fall as an Iranian critique of aestheticized authority, tracking how architectural and visual forms shifted from protective communal structures to centralized monuments of spectacle.

September 2, 2026Open Access

The Semiotics of Power, the Crisis of Representation, and the Aesthetic Transformation of Architecture in the Myth of Jamshid's Fall.

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MGMaryam Gomizi

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Semiotic analysis reveals the erosion of political legitimacy in Iranian mythological texts, indicating that architectural spectacle cannot replace authentic communal authority.

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Investigate the myth of Jamshid's fall as an Iranian critique of aestheticized authority, tracking how architectural and visual forms shifted from protective communal structures to centralized monuments of spectacle.
Applied an interdisciplinary framework combining semiotics, visual culture theory, and architectural interpretation.
Examined textual narratives across Avestan traditions, Pahlavi literature, and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh alongside contemporary historiographical analyses.
Demonstrated that the departure of farr (divine glory) represents a semiotic rupture where political authority detaches from collective communal well-being.
Identified an aesthetic transition wherein spatial design, light, and reflective surfaces evolved from protective mechanisms into instruments of self-glorifying centralized spectacle.
Showed that the myth serves as a warning that visual magnificence cannot sustain political legitimacy once symbolic connection to the community dissolves.

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Maryam Gomizi (2026) studied this question.

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Semiotic analysis reveals the erosion of political legitimacy in Iranian mythological texts, indicating that architectural spectacle cannot replace authentic communal authority.

The Semiotics of Power, the Crisis of Representation, and the Aesthetic Transformation of Architecture in the Myth of Jamshid's Fall.

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