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Safavid Portrayal Of Women

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Changes in the portrayal of women can be seen from the late Safavid period(Zaki, 1372,p10)
The basic characteristics of this period are painter independence, a tendency towards realism and the fading influence of religious views, Chinese styles and attributes of ancient paintings. In this period, paintings no longer depict a certain literary theme, but aesthetic aspects of the body.

Painting portraits, portraits of women, youth and loved ones became more popular than scenery. Here, women are no longer mythological creatures and have stepped out into everyday life, although there is still an air of idealism around them. (Fig. 2)is a work of this period with an emphasis on the female element.

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