With the advent and spread of Islam in the
7th and 8th centuries, Iranian Muslim artists undertook their
creative work from a new, religious point of view. The Holy Quran
became the primary source of inspiration for the art works of
the early Iranian Muslims. New branches of artistry emerged,
devoting themselves solely to the task of illustrating the margins
of Quranic texts. During the 9th and 10th centuries, calligraphy
and manuscript illustration had become firmly entrenched aspects
of the Iranian artistic tradition.
- The illustration of religious texts benefited
from the elaborate, detailed techniques of the Persian art schools,
techniques which would serve as the basis for the miniature art
of the coming centuries. The earliest paintings of this era,
found in archaeological digs from Damascus to western Iran, were
collectively titled the Baghdad, or "Seljugh," school.
These early illustrations were published mainly in medical, scientific
and technical texts, in addition to their early (and foremost)
religious basis. The most well-known and revered of these ancient
works were the Al Heiloljame, Ghazvini and Maghamat
Hariri. Although most of these works were originally published
in the dominant Arabic of the period, the overwhelming majority
of the works were authored by the Iranian Muslim artists of the
Baghdad School.
- The most famous painter of this era was
Abdollah ibn Fazl, whose works were published in 1200 A.D. A
copy of one of Fazl's books, Khavas ol Advieh ("The
Properties of Herbs and Medicines"), is now available in
reproductions. Another notable artist of the Baghdad School,
Yahya ibn Mahmoud Vaseti, produced illustrations for the anthology
Articles of Maghamat Hariri, currently on display at the
National Library of Paris. Such works, representative of the
prolific nature of the Baghdad School, would influence the art
movements of many other Islamic regions, including Damascus and
Egypt.
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