Investigating the Reasons for the Growth of Mural Paintings of Merchants’ Houses in Yazd in the Qajar Era Based on the Constructed Model of Durability Process of Symbolic Capital

One way of looking at art is the sociological view. It means looking from the social sciences view, which includes sociology, economics, anthropology, law, and cultural studies. Analyses of mural paintings and decorations in Iranian architecture could also been carried out through a sociological view. This paper aims at presenting an analytical model to evaluate mural paintings and decorations in traditional houses in Yazd in the Qajar era in terms of growth and development by using sociological ideas of Pierre Bourdieu and Thorstein Veblen. The purpose of this paper is therefore to figure out the reasons for the growing of mural paintings of Merchants’ houses in Yazd during the Qajar era and the outcome for their owners. This is done in this paper through a descriptive-analytic technique, which represents the expansion of mural painting of merchants’ houses in Yazd because of the growth in economic capital, cultural capital, and flamboyant consumption of their owners that have led to durability of symbolic capital in that class.