Composition is an
indispensable part of each
picture or visual art & it
is crucially salient that
the quality & features in
Iranian painting basically
depends upon a variety of
other elements such as the
artists view, taste of the art
fan, influence of different
art schools, previous arts
as well as non Iranian
elements. Figurative
compositions in «Reza
Abbasi» arts benefits from
making use of lion in a
smooth and parallel way,
in addition he employed
traditional visual methods which brings about a rich set of paintings including Iranian
rich paintings.
But of at the end of Safavid era and due to a great deal of changes in structure of economy,
society, noticeable series of changes were imposed on this art.
One of the upheavals was tending to have a materialistic thought, focusing on realistic
& avoiding mystic atmospheres. Other changes can be named as possessive & artificial
composition technical principle an aesthetic view. Late in Safavid dynasty by «Reza
Abbasi» students such arts started to Burgeon & in Qajar they reached the peak and
glorified in the best way. Such an art was greatly supported y Qajar officials which was
an aid to establishing the art at the time & helping that to enter a new phase.
In this article an attempt is made to have a contrastive & analytic view of «Reza Abbasi»
as Isfahan school representative & works of two Qajar painters, «Mirza baba» & «Mehr
ali». In the end this conclusion can be drawn that Iranian art in this field in the passage of
tradition to modernity & by assimilating some European elements & change of fans taste
had gone through dramatic changes & use a result the figurative composition of artists
were in flounced. Gifted artists of Iran managed to blend previous traditional & new
elements to creative a new style for art which was its own of great value.