Topic-oriented Research on Illuminative Paintings of Quran and Islamic Architectural Decorations of Complex of Sheikh Safi-al-din-e- Ardebil Khanghah

ABSTRACT: Islamic art, enjoying the foundations of religious thinking in different forms, expresses the modes of its spiritual nature in Islamic societies. Appearance of Quranic concepts in layers and angles of Muslims’ arts in different artistic periods and branches is an indicative of the position of this sacred art in promotion of religious culture. Diversity in artistic approaches of Islamic-Iranian, that through its outstanding element expresses the principles derived from the God’s words, leads the Iranian Muslim artist to the creation of masterpieces of Islamic art, to the point that the most magnificent artistic expression-that it has developed at a wide level – can be observed in book realignment, illumination, decoration and architecture. From among these arts, Quranic illumination and decorations in Islamic architecture that as two artistic branches have meditatively been at the service of religious art can be elaborated. The present research attempts to offer 15 Quranic topics in expressing monotheistic effectiveness of the holy Quran in decorative-artistic arrays. In doing so, and in order to have an access to study some samples of arrays and decorative paintings, Quranic-illuminative works of complex of Sheikh Safi-al-din – e- Ardebil Khaneghah have been investigated. This paper compares the above mentioned artistic components and makes it clear that Quranic noble ideas are as the grounds for forming the decorative and architecture arrays of Saffavid age and this means that Quranic approach in artistic works of Saffavid age is worth of consideration.