Persian art
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Persian art or Iranian art has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and scu
A Reclining Beauty by Mohammad Baqer. Zand era dated c. 1759/60, oil on canvas.
Qajar dynasty rock reliefs in Tangeh Savashi, of the Fath Ali Shah era, c. 1800, a revival of an ancient Persian type.
1181, Kariz, Monumental Lion shaped Zoomorphic Seljuk Incense Burner of Amir ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi. Exhibiting remarkable metalwork and refined ornamental calligraphy and engraving.
Half of a "Salting carpet", Safavid, in wool, silk and metal thread, about 1600
Arts of Iran
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The Arts of Iran include a variety of traditional disciplines, including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, and metalwork.
Persian art
…the art of Persia up to 1925, and the end of the Qajar dynasty; for later art see Iranian modern and contemporary art, and for traditional crafts see arts of Iran. Rock art in Iran is its most ancient surviving art. Iranian architecture is covered at that article. From the Achaemenid Empire of 550 BC–330 BC for…
Median man in Persepolis.
Mullahs in the royal presence. The painting style is markedly Qajari.
Pottery Vessel, fourth millennium BC. The Sialk collection of Tehran's National Museum of Iran
Iran is filled with tombs of poets and musicians, such as this one belonging to Rahi Mo'ayeri.