Iranian miniature (painting) is a traditional painting style that is detailed, colorful, and incredibly delicate, often depicting a mythological or religious subject. Due to its long history, Iran has a rich artistic heritage, of which Iranian painting is one.
“Miniature” is a French term meaning “small model of nature”, but Iranian miniature has fundamental differences from what is called miniature in East Asia and Europe. In fact, the only similarity between Iranian miniature and Chinese, Japanese, and European miniatures is mostly the small scale. There are also other unique features about Iranian miniature. The first is its delicate and rich details, despite its small size, the artist has not forgotten any detail that catches the eye of any viewer, some paintings are so delicate that you need a magnifying glass to see its precise beauty.
Iranian miniature is a small painting on paper, leather, bone, etc., whether it is a book illustration or a separate work of art that is intended to be kept in an album. The techniques used in Persian painting are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine miniature traditions in illuminated manuscripts. Although the Persian tradition is equally present in the field of wall painting, the survival and state of preservation of miniatures is better, as Persian painting is the best known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important works are in Western or Turkish museums. Miniature painting emerged as an important genre in Persian art in the 13th century and was influenced by China after the Mongol conquests, reaching its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries. The art then continued to be influenced by Western art and has many modern representatives. Persian miniature painting had a major influence on other Islamic pictorial arts, notably Ottoman miniature in Turkey and Mughal miniature in the Indian subcontinent.
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