Qajar art was the architecture, paintings, and other art forms produced under the Qajar dynasty, from 1781 to 1925, in Iran (Persia). The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was a side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Mohammad Khan and his descendants.

The Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran (WWQI) project is an innovative resource at Harvard University that seeks to use digital and online technology to overcome the decades-long limitations that have to date circumscribed scholarship related to the Qajar period in Iran.

Undermining stereotypes about women during the Qajar period was one of the main goals of Afsaneh Najmabadi when she started to conceive of the WWQI project ten years ago. Yet even she has marveled at the amount and quality of the material they have been able to scan and photograph for the site.

Jun 12, 2024 · In a surprising turn of events, a significant collection of Qajar era photographs from the Golestan Palace archives has been released on a Google Drive file by an anonymous user.

During the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–96), Shiʿi devotional imagery soared in popularity in Iran. Portraits of members of the Prophet’s House, known as the Ahl al-Bayt, were produced in large numbers in a range of media to satisfy the growing demand.

Donna Stein’s close study of “The Photographic Source for a Qajar Painting, “ reveals how the human body is performative, especially in regard to harem iconography.

Oct 17, 2017 · The diverse and beautiful art of Qajar Iran (1779–1925) has long been understudied and underappreciated. This insightful publication reassesses Qajar art, particularly its four principal mediums—lacquer, painting and drawing on paper, lithography, and photography—and their intertwined development.

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Apr 29, 2023 · The book concludes with “Pearls of Qajar Painting Strung at Random in Eastern Europe”, in which Iván Szánto tells the story of Qajar portrait paintings showing up in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary.

evidence provided by the built environment, Qajar art, and perhaps culture, can be defined through two themes which are both, at least in part, also paradoxes. One theme is essentially formal.