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Example of an iwan and muqarnas decoration at the entrance of the Shah Mosque in Isfahan (17th century) Iranian architecture or Persian architecture ( Persian: معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC ...
Persian art or Iranian art ( Persian: هنر ایرانی, romanized : Honar-è Irâni) 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 sculpture. At different times, influences from the art of neighbouring civilizations ...
The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens ( Persian: باغ ایرانی) is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire. The paradise garden, an example of Persian garden, has influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India and beyond. [1] [2] The gardens of the ...
Sasanian architecture. Taq-i Kisra, a remnant of the former Sasanian palace in Ctesiphon. Sasanian architecture refers to the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sasanian era. In many ways the Sasanian Empire period (224–651 CE) witnessed the highest achievement of Iranian civilization, and ...
A Persian carpet (Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]) or Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]), [1] also known as Iranian carpet, is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced ...
Persian domes or Iranian domes have an ancient origin and a history extending to the modern era. The use of domes in ancient Mesopotamia was carried forward through a succession of empires in the Greater Iran region. An ancient tradition of royal audience tents representing the heavens was translated into monumental stone and brick domes due to ...
Traditional Persian residential architecture. Traditional Persian residential architecture is the architecture employed by builders and craftsmen in the cultural Greater Iran and the surrounding regions to construct vernacular houses. The art draws from various eras and elements of Persia from both Islamic Persian and pre-Islamic Persian times.
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ( c. 1455/60–1535), also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzād ( Persian: کمالالدین بهزاد ), was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Periods. [1] He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of ...