{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Late Period of Islamic Art [continued (6)]}[20th April 1991]

[Redbook9:143-144][19910420:0953dd]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Late Period of Islamic Art [continued (6)]}[20th April 1991]

19910420:0953

[continued]

‘In the 16^th and 17^th centuries [ce],* possibly for the first time in Islamic art, painters were conscious ** of historical styles – even self-conscious. *** Miniatures from the past were collected, copied, and imitated. Patronage, however, was fickle. A royal whim would gather painters together or exile them. Many names of painters have been preserved, and there is little doubt that the whim of patrons was being countered by the artists’ will to be socially and economically independent **** as well as individually recognised for their artistic talents. Too many different impulses, therefore, existed in Safavid Iran for painting to follow any clear line of development.’

#

*{2048G~1536|G~R~1664[ce]}

**{G~ff – Recall}

[But if this was at M~, would I be characterising it as unoriginal imitation? The European Renaissance was considered to be the rediscovery and ‘rebirth’ of classical art, but developed, and developed into, completely fresh artistic approaches.]

***2048G~1536[ce]

[sic]

****2048G~1536[ce]

# – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:97]

[continued]

[PostedBlogger26102024]