Safavid Art Exhibit to Illuminate Louvre Museum
September 30, 2007
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The Louvre museum in Paris, France will be the home of Persian Safavid-era artwork this autumn from October 5th,2007 to January 7th 2008. The exhibition showcasing Persian Safavid-era (1501-1736), also known as "The Song of the World", has been called one of Paris's most prestigious cultural events of this fall. Visual arts are linked to the written word in Iranian culture, and the main theme remains the greatness of the world, a divine creation. The pre-Islamic past is omnipresent in this ancient 4,000-year-old civilization.

The 200 artworks which are to be the focus of this exhibit have been borrowed from some of the world's most prestigious museums including several Iranian museums.

Source: Louvre
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10/6/07
Aram wrote:
This is so interesting! My mom is an artist and does lots of miniatures. I love Persian art, it’s so special. As I read in a history book for years ago, at the beginning of the Ghajar period many of the Safavi Artists had to leave the country to northern India (Hendoostan) to save their lives. These masters became the teachers of the future Indian artists and as we can see today, there are so many similarities in the miniature paintings of the Persians and the Indians. For an example we can see the difference in how big the turban of the men is in Persian miniatures comparing to the Indian one. I find it so interesting as it says so much about our history and who we are.
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