Reading the Painting of Fath Ali Shah Qajar Era with Mulla Sadra's theory of Imagination
Abstract
Court iconography in the Qajar era in terms of visual features has special characteristics and semantic aspects that can be considered based on philosophical concepts.In other words, in the Qajar period, due to the socio-cultural-political conditions and the idea of modernity and the reflection of Western culture and art, Iranian painters in line with the Iranian-Islamic identity and culture and Mulla Sadra's imaginary thought, create images.This research aims to study the court iconography of the era of Fath Ali Shah Qajar and with emphasis on the theory of Sadr al-Muta'allehin, with a descriptive-analytical approach and collecting information using library, documentary and field sources, and access to museums. The question is also what is the process of creating the works of painters of this period based on Mulla Sadra's theory of imagination. It is assumed that Mulla Sadra's theory of imagination has an important role in the formation of court iconographic paintings of this era.By passing through the drawings of the Isfahan school in the Safavid era, the artist has created works that have characteristics related to Mulla Sadra's theory of imagination.