The history of miniature painting Persian: Ilkhanid Great Mongol Shahnameh (1330s); Jalayirid Baghdad; Timurid Herat and Behzad; Safavid Tabriz (Sultan Muhammad) and Isfahan (Reza Abbasi). Ottoman: from Mehmed II’s court to Matrakçı Nasuh, Nakkaş Osman and Levnî. Mughal & Rajput: Akbar’s Hamzanama, Jahangir’s naturalists, the…
Persian: Ilkhanid Great Mongol Shahnameh (1330s); Jalayirid Baghdad; Timurid Herat and Behzad; Safavid Tabriz (Sultan Muhammad) and Isfahan (Reza Abbasi). Ottoman: from Mehmed II’s court to Matrakçı Nasuh, Nakkaş Osman and Levnî. Mughal & Rajput: Akbar’s Hamzanama, Jahangir’s naturalists, the Pahari and Rajasthani schools. Contemporary: the revival in Istanbul, Lahore (Shahzia Sikander) and Tehran.
Burcu Arslan writes for the Miniature Painting department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of miniature painting.
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