Iranian Art
23 entries in the Iranian Art compendium.
Arts of IranIranian arts span millennia, from carpets to cinema.Farangi-SaziA Safavid Persian painting style blending European and Iranian elements.GirihIslamic geometric strapwork patterns based on mathematical symmetry.Girih tileFive tiles used in Islamic geometric strapwork patterns.Iranian handicraftsHandicrafts originating from Iran, including textiles and stone inlay.Iranian Academy of the ArtsOne of Iran's four state academies, focused on arts.KalamkariAncient Indian textile art using natural dyes and pen or block.Kooshk ResidencyNon-profit residency fostering international artistic exchange in Tehran.Luristan bronzeEarly Iron Age bronze objects from western Iran.Office of Literature and Art of ResistanceIranian government institution for war-related literary and artistic works.Parthian artIranian art blending Persian and Hellenistic styles with distinctive frontality.Pejman FoundationIranian nonprofit art foundation connecting art and philosophy.Persian artCourt-led art of successive Iranian dynasties, blending figures with refined decoration.Persian calligraphyThe revered art of writing the Persian language.Rock art in IranIran's rock art spans 40,000 years of human expression.Safavid artArt of the Safavid dynasty, a high point for Persian miniatures and architecture.Sasanian artCourtly art of the Sasanian Empire, 3rd–7th centuries AD.ShaykhiLate 15th-century painter at the Aq Qoyunlu court in Tabriz.Siyah QalamLate 14th–early 15th century album of paintings and drawings attributed to Muhammad Siyah Qalam.Sogdian artPre-Muslim Central Asian art of the Sogdian people.Tabriz CartoonAnnual international caricature competition in Tabriz, Iran since 2002.The Artistic Sect of the Islamic RepublicA semi-governmental institution promoting revolutionary Islamic art.Turkman style15th-century Persian miniature style of Turkoman rulers.
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