Persian painting
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Persian painting has several branches, most famously the classical art of the Persian miniature
, and including the modern popular form of "Qahveh Khanehei" Painting (Tea House style of painting). Many modern Iranian artists practice Modern art
in an international style.
Persian miniature
A Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts...
, and including the modern popular form of "Qahveh Khanehei" Painting (Tea House style of painting). Many modern Iranian artists practice Modern art
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
in an international style.