Safavid art

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Islamic art Persian art artistic tradition

Safavid art is the distinctive artistic tradition of Iran’s Safavid dynasty, renowned for its exquisite carpets, manuscript illumination, miniature painting, calligraphy, and architectural decoration that flourished between the 16th and 18th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Safavid architecture 2
Safavid art canonical 2
Safavid Persian art 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic art ⓘ
Persian art ⓘ
artistic tradition ⓘ
center Herat ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Kashan ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ
Qazvin ⓘ
Tabriz ⓘ
country Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid Iran
endTime 1736 ⓘ
followedBy Qajar art ⓘ
follows Timurid miniature painting ⓘ
surface form: Timurid art
genre Islamic decorative arts ⓘ
Persian miniature ⓘ
architectural decoration ⓘ
calligraphy ⓘ
carpet weaving ⓘ
manuscript illumination ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bright yet harmonious color palettes ⓘ
central medallion carpet designs ⓘ
courtly and literary themes in miniatures ⓘ
highly detailed floral arabesques ⓘ
integration of architecture and tilework decoration ⓘ
intensive use of calligraphic panels ⓘ
influenced European collecting of Oriental carpets ⓘ
Mughal paintings ⓘ
surface form: Mughal painting

Ottoman art ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese art ⓘ
Ottoman art ⓘ
Timurid miniature painting ⓘ
notableWork Persian carpet ⓘ
surface form: Ardabil Carpet

Persian carpet ⓘ
surface form: Chelsea Carpet

Persian carpet ⓘ
surface form: Polonaise carpets

Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II ⓘ
Shahnameh ⓘ
surface form: Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

miniatures of the Haft Awrang of Jami ⓘ
miniatures of the Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ
partOf Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid dynasty
patron Abbas I ⓘ
surface form: Shah Abbas I

Ismail I ⓘ
surface form: Shah Ismail I

Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
startTime 1501 ⓘ
usesMaterial ceramic tiles ⓘ
gold ⓘ
lapis lazuli ⓘ
paper ⓘ
silk ⓘ
wool ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Islamic art → majorStyle → Safavid art ⓘ
Timurid architecture → influenced → Safavid art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid architecture
Mughal culture → influencedBy → Safavid art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid Persian art
development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) → influenced → Safavid art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid calligraphy
Behzad → movement → Safavid art ⓘ
Fin Garden in Kashan, Iran → architecturalStyle → Safavid art ⓘ
subject surface form: Fin Garden
this entity surface form: Safavid architecture