The Effect of Environmental Restoration on the Content and Performance of The Artwork (A Comparative case study between the Estrabad Painting School and The School of Tabriz 2)

Abstract

In the shadow of the attention of the Safavid kings, various art schools were formed in Iranian painting; The first painting school of this era in Tabriz, with its background from Herat, led to the creation of many illustrated manuscripts, including the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasab. In the light of the security and attention of the government of Shah Abbas, the city of Estrabad became prosperous and prosperous, and although it could never achieve the prominent position of the art schools of the important cities of that time, it was noticed by the masters of art and became the owner of its style and school of painting. In the Estrabad school, significant works of painting have been identified, most of which are in the British Museum, Topqaposara Museum of Turkey, and Indian Museum, and of course 15 paintings from a copy of the Shahnameh were also found in the Malek Museum of Tehran, which have not been identified and researched so far. The current research aims to identify and investigate the above paintings, in addition to identifying and introducing environmental elements in the paintings of the Estrabad school, some examples of them are evaluated and compared symbolically with the paintings of the Safavid Tabriz school. The present research employed a qualitative method. Selective sampling was employed to choose the samples and data were analyzed descriptively and analytically. The question that current research seeks to identify environmental factors that contributed to the formation of Estrabad school. The selected samples, including five of the 15 paintings in the Malek Museum of Tehran, were examined and compared with the paintings of the same subject as Tahmasbi’s Shahnameh. The results indicate that the Estrabad school has grown though it has been faithful to the experiences and traditions of its predecessors, and besides its unique differences with other art schools of the era, it shows the Safavid intellectual trends in showing glory, power, greatness, and natural gifts. Major environmental elements in the Estrabad school distinguish it from the Safavid Tabriz school and have its distinct environmental characteristics.

Keywords

• estrabad school
• estrabadi shahnameh
• tahmasbi shahnameh
• tabriz safavi school
• malek museum of tehran