Safavids: Notable Artists and Architects (and their Art and Architecture) and Notable Art and Architecture (inc. Art and Architecture Movements)

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<p><span>1455 - 1535 - Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (All Facts)</span></p>

1455 - 1535 - Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (All Facts)

  • Persian Painter under the Safavid Empire

    • He was one of the greatest Persian painters

    • He was orphaned early in life

    • He was brought up by the artist Mirak, and showed natural artistic talent early on

  • He achieved fame as a painter of miniatures

    • His work is characterized by their complex and graceful harmony and by the wonderfully subtle use of the traditional flat, pure colors of Persian miniature painting


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Persian Carpet-Weaving (All Facts)

  • Art Movement which recovered from decline and underwent a revolution under the Safavid Dynasty

  • Art Movement whose leading artists and namesake stylists gathered in large urban factories to create carpets quite unlike those produced by medieval artisans

  • Art Movement in which style varied by city, with the overall emphasis being on new images

  • Art Movement characterized by animal and vegetable motifs, often in combination

  • Art Movement whose subjects sometimes showed landscapes

  • Art Movement characterized by stylized contours, reflecting current trends in painting


<ul><li><p>Art Movement which recovered from decline and underwent a revolution under the Safavid Dynasty </p></li><li><p>Art Movement whose leading artists and namesake stylists gathered in large urban factories to create carpets quite unlike those produced by medieval artisans </p></li><li><p>Art Movement in which style varied by city, with the overall emphasis being on new images </p></li><li><p>Art Movement characterized by animal and vegetable motifs, often in combination</p></li><li><p>Art Movement whose subjects sometimes showed landscapes</p></li><li><p>Art Movement characterized by stylized contours, reflecting current trends in painting</p></li></ul><p></p>
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<p>1577 - 1631 - Ali Akbar Isfahani (All Facts) </p>

1577 - 1631 - Ali Akbar Isfahani (All Facts)

  • Persian Architect during the reign of Shah Abbas


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<p>1630 - Ali Akbar Isfahani: Shah Mosque (All Facts) </p>

1630 - Ali Akbar Isfahani: Shah Mosque (All Facts)

  • It was the most striking building in the magnificent new capital city of Isfahan in Persia

  • It was located on the south side of the Maydan, the great square at the center of Isfahan, reached by the wife straight avenue known as the Chahar Bagh

  • Its floral painted tiles were not as fine as the Timurid mosaics of the neighboring Friday mosque, despite all its grandeur

  • It features clean and imposing lines


<ul><li><p>It was the most striking building in the magnificent new capital city of Isfahan in Persia </p></li><li><p>It was located on the south side of the Maydan, the great square at the center of Isfahan, reached by the wife straight avenue known as the Chahar Bagh </p></li><li><p>Its floral painted tiles were not as fine as the Timurid mosaics of the neighboring Friday mosque, despite all its grandeur </p></li><li><p>It features clean and imposing lines </p></li></ul><p></p>