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    Iran has a long history of painting dating back at least 5,000 years, as evidenced by cave paintings found in Lorestan province depicting animals and hunting scenes. Painting reached its peak during the Timurid dynasty in the 15th century under masters like Kamaleddin Behzad who developed a new painting style. Later, Qajar period paintings combined European influences with traditional miniature styles, as new techniques were introduced by artists like Reza Abbasi and Kamal-ol-molk, who further incorporated European elements. Common subjects included religious scenes and depictions of life at court or in coffee houses.

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    Iran has a long history of painting dating back at least 5,000 years, as evidenced by cave paintings found in Lorestan province depicting animals and hunting scenes. Painting reached its peak during the Timurid dynasty in the 15th century under masters like Kamaleddin Behzad who developed a new painting style. Later, Qajar period paintings combined European influences with traditional miniature styles, as new techniques were introduced by artists like Reza Abbasi and Kamal-ol-molk, who further incorporated European elements. Common subjects included religious scenes and depictions of life at court or in coffee houses.

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    Iran has a long history of painting dating back at least 5,000 years, as evidenced by cave paintings found in Lorestan province depicting animals and hunting scenes. Painting reached its peak during the Timurid dynasty in the 15th century under masters like Kamaleddin Behzad who developed a new painting style. Later, Qajar period paintings combined European influences with traditional miniature styles, as new techniques were introduced by artists like Reza Abbasi and Kamal-ol-molk, who further incorporated European elements. Common subjects included religious scenes and depictions of life at court or in coffee houses.

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    Painting and miniature in Iran

    Mullahs in the royal presence. The painting style is


    markedly Qajari.
    Main article: Persian painting
    Oriental historian Basil Gray[2] believes Iran (Persia) " has o unique [sic] art to the world which is
    excellent in its kind".
    Caves in Iran's Lorestan province exhibit painted imagery of animals and hunting scenes. Some
    such as those in Fars Province and Sialk are at least 5,000 years old.
    Painting in Iran is thought to have reached a climax during the Tamerlane era when outstanding
    masters such as Kamaleddin Behzad gave birth to a new style of painting.
    Paintings of the Qajar period, are a combination of European influences and Safavid miniature
    schools of painting such as those introduced by Reza Abbasi. Masters such as Kamal-ol-molk,
    further pushed forward the European influence in Iran. It was during the Qajar era when "Coffee
    House painting" emerged. Subjects of this style were often religious in nature depicting scenes
    from Shia epics and the like.

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