This study investigates architectural spaces in Persian miniatures specifically in Timurid and Safavid eras by comparing and analyzing the elements in architecture and miniatures.There are many important factors effect on how a Persian miniature of architectural spaces is created. Factors such as historical period of creating a miniature,impact of the schools,and artists’ view and skills.The main objective of this paper is to recognize and investigate about the artistic and architectural elements which have been portrayed in Persian miniatures and how painters created the urban and architectural spaces in their artworks.Due to understanding the functions of architectural spaces it is presented a method to use Persian miniatures which illustrated the Iranian architectures. Then,it is found out about the relationship between architectural spaces and the elements portrayed in Persian miniatures.According to illustrating principals,artists combined symbolic recreation of space and decorative feature.Miniature painters simulated both inside and outside spaces.Since of idealism, special colors are used in Persian miniatures. It is shown that architectural buildings have a symbolic meaning beyond their functions and the lack of shadow represents idealism in miniatures.
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