Persian miniature painting

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Persian art artistic tradition miniature painting

Persian miniature painting is a highly detailed, richly colored, and often gold-illuminated tradition of small-scale illustration that flourished in manuscripts and albums across Persianate courts from the medieval period onward.

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Label Occurrences
Persian miniature 4
Persian miniature painting canonical 2
Persian miniature tradition 2

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian art ⓘ
artistic tradition ⓘ
miniature painting ⓘ
aestheticPrinciple decorative abstraction ⓘ
horror vacui (avoidance of empty space) ⓘ
stylized figuration ⓘ
alsoPracticedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal India

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
associatedText Jami’s works ⓘ
Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ
Shahnameh ⓘ
poetry of Hafez ⓘ
poetry of Saadi ⓘ
colorPalette lapis lazuli blue ⓘ
malachite green ⓘ
vermilion red ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ
compositionalFeature decorative landscapes ⓘ
elaborate architectural settings ⓘ
flat spatial representation ⓘ
multiple viewpoints ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Persia ⓘ
culture Persian ⓘ
flourishedIn Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid period

Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid period
function collectors’ albums (muraqqa) ⓘ
courtly display ⓘ
illustration of literary texts ⓘ
influenced Central Asian miniature painting ⓘ
Mughal miniature painting ⓘ
Ottoman miniature painting ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine art ⓘ
Chinese painting ⓘ
notableArtist Behzad ⓘ
Reza Abbasi ⓘ
Sultan Muhammad ⓘ
notableFeature fine brushwork ⓘ
highly detailed rendering ⓘ
intricate ornament ⓘ
richly colored surfaces ⓘ
use of gold illumination ⓘ
notableSchool Herat literary circle ⓘ
surface form: Herat school

Isfahan school ⓘ
Shiraz school ⓘ
Tabriz school ⓘ
patronage nobility ⓘ
royal courts ⓘ
urban elites ⓘ
producedIn Herat ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz

Tabriz ⓘ
region Iran ⓘ
relatedGenre Central Asian miniature painting ⓘ
Mughal paintings ⓘ
surface form: Mughal miniature painting

Ottoman miniature painting ⓘ
scale small-scale ⓘ
subjectMatter animal studies ⓘ
battle scenes ⓘ
courtly life ⓘ
epic literature ⓘ
landscapes ⓘ
religious themes ⓘ
romantic narratives ⓘ
support paper ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
technique gold leaf application ⓘ
ink drawing ⓘ
opaque watercolor (gouache) ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
typicalFormat album painting ⓘ
manuscript illustration ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shahnameh → influenced → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
Persians → culturalHeritage → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature
Persian → traditionalArtForm → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature
Timurid miniature painting → influenced → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid miniature painting
Lado Gudiashvili → influencedBy → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniatures
Mughal paintings → notableWork → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamzanama illustrations
Persian culture → traditionalArtForm → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature
Abbas II → patronOf → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
Behzad → artisticTradition → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature tradition
Qavam al-Din → artisticTradition → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature tradition
Persian art → hasNotableForm → Persian miniature painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian miniature