The Blue Mosque, the Ardabil Carpet, and the Taj Mahal all date to this important period.
c. 1517 - 1924 C.E.
The Blue Mosque, the Ardabil Carpet, and the Taj Mahal all date to this important period.
c. 1517 - 1924 C.E.
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Safavid nobles wrapped themselves in poetries of love, wine, and youth
The anonymous figure depicted in this painting embodies the fashion of Isfahan, Iran’s capital city under the rule of Shah 'Abbas I
The single page format of this painting shows the trend among seventeenth-century art patrons to collect particularly fine examples of drawing, painting or calligraphy on single pages
Riza-yi ʿAbbasi is famous for his drawings of individual or paired figures on single pages
Brilliantly painted manuscripts. Exquisitely detailed miniatures. Fine silks. Complex, ornate palaces. The art of the Safavids is simply magnificent.
Producing this lush miniature involved many Persian artists—and likely some familiarity with Chinese sources.
The Islamic world extended from Spain to Indonesia, where Ottomans, Timurids, Safavids, and Mughals ruled.
After the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, the sultan repurposed this church, adding slender “pencil” minarets.
Under Akbar the Great, the Mughal style of painting blended Indian, Persian, and Western artistic traditions.
The official seal of the sultan dissolves into a vibrating field of flowers, gold accents, and snaking blue lines.
These tiny pieces of precious metal contain a wealth of information in their Persian and Arabic inscriptions.
The sound of the fountain led guests into this 18th-century house, where a vibrant interior stimulated ear and eye.
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