The aesthetics of storytelling and its reflections in the miniatures of the Shahnameh of Demout

Author:
Aqeel Faeeq Sleibi Almasoodi
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Philosophy of Art
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of Religion and Art
Year:
2022
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Ali Ghabeishawy
Advisor(s):
Abdul Rahim Abadi Al Mayahi

The study of Islamic painting through stories and the biographies of the righteous people that is harmonious with the moderate. understanding of Islam forming a common ground between spiritual and material extremist doctrines. The Islamic painting art is a way to reveal the spiritual content of artistic and aesthetic format that the stories in the Miniatures Shahnameh have appeared in it. which was originally scattered in the most accurate picture and the most beautiful statement in many Islamic schools of thought in that period. The most important manuscript of Shahnameh attributes a set of its paintings to the Mongolian school styles in Tabriz. which is the Shahnameh known as Damute; it is not confined to a particular theme. nor is it restricted to depict one aspect of life. It depicts paintings. literature. style of writing letters and manuscripts. and the relationships of the ancient people with each other. Hence. it is determined by the problem of the research in the following question. what is it the aesthetics of storytelling and its implications on the miniatures of the Shahnameh Damute. The answer comes on this study through deep imagination in subjects by the Muslim artist making painting become more beautiful and more absorbing through transferring the events of the ancient time; Muslim artist always attempts to exert all of their effort to connect storytelling and the artistic composition elements. This connection makes the Islamic art a distinctive art and is linked to religious belief so as to correct the course of others; its objective is. counsel. awareness. and the aesthetic end. The method used in the study is the historical method in the stage of gathering information of the theoretical framework. and the descriptive approach (survey study by content analysis style) and my method is deduction. conclusion and the interpretive reading in the light of samples analysis.