عنوان

Safavid Single Page Painting, 1629-1666

Number

42585

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Safavid Single Page Painting, 1629-1666

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

;advisor: Stuart Cary Welch

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Department of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Massachusetts

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

: 1987

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

‭441p.‬

Other Physical Details

: Ill

Text of Note

UMI Microform 8806077

Text of Note

Bibliography

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D

Discipline of degree

, Fine Arts

Body granting the degree

, Department of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Massachusetts

Text of Note

The growing interest in single page compositions, alredy evident in the early 17th century, reached its culmination under Shah Safi and Shah Abbas II (1642-1666). Although neither monarch expressed much interest in the patronage of painting, artists found a ready market among a non-royal but highly cultured social elite. In order to satisfy the taste and aesthetic preferences of this more diversified audience, artists drew on the past, in particular the work of Riza Abbasi, and they selectively incorporated European and Indian motifs into their compositions, thereby forging a new artistic idiom. Concentrating almost exclusively on idealized and conventionalized figgurative themes, these works share many stylistic and iconographic characteristics that mirror the sophisticated world of the non-royal patrons. In addition to the carefully observed appearance of the figures, which reflect contemporary Safavid material culture, their subdued, leisurely activities lend the images an implied narrative. As a result, the compositions also function as "stories in picture", capable of eliciting a variety of responses from the viewer. The inherent characteristics of mid-17th century album page painting can be regarded as an attempt to meet the demands of its new patrons but also to provide the genre with a unique identity distinct from that of manuscript illustration. Thus, the growing participation of individuals other than the royal elite in the traditional system of patronage, rather than adversely affecting the arts of the period, created new opportunities and challenges for mid-17th century artists, to which they esponded in the highly prolifc and versatile genre of the single page composition.

painting, Iranian - Dissertations

Painting, Modern - 17th - 18th Centuries - Iran - Dissertations

نقاشی ایرانی - پایان نامه ها

Farhad, massumeh

Grabar, Oleg, Supervisor

Cary Welch, Stuart, Consultor

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