• This form of Persian art painting which is famous throughout the world have simple themes but the setting is elaborate with a wealth of meticulous details. For example, a simple story might be a king hold a court, a hero overcoming a dragon, a princess bathing in a secluded stream or may be hunting scenes.

Old miniature

New miniature painting on animal bone (Isfahan)

 

The Persian Art of Visual Poetry (Miniature)
 

Miniature, is one of the most famous forms of Persian arts that reveals the mythical feeling of the artist who portrays the world as it should be, filled with love and mystery, inspiring and eyecatching.
Unlike calligraphy and painting that concentrates on words and shapes, respectively, Miniature takes advantage of blending shapes and words on the canvas that displays both. It is a kind of "visual poetry". The painter by composing precise curves and accending lines induce warmth and passion, tranquility and comfort in the eyes of a viewer and conveys the message by borrowing monumental words, proverbs and poetic aesthetism from the renowned Persian poets, like Rumi, Saadi, Hafez and Ferdowsi.