Mohammed Elabed Yaseen, Eman

doi:10.21608/ijaswa.2022.266221

"Najaf" an Iranian Artistic Family - An Archeological Artistic Study

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Eman Mohammed Elabed Yaseen

Dr - Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

10.21608/ijaswa.2022.266221

Abstract

Najaf is considered one of the most important artistic families that
grew up in Iran, especially in Isfahan, which was home to many other
artistic families, and through a series of researches that I conducted on
a group of artists who enriched artistic life in Iran during the 18th
- 20th
century, I had concluded that there were many of them with very strong
family ties between them, which prompted me to culminate this series
of research with this idea, which revolves around tracing the family
chain for a number of artistic families – like, "Najafs", which brought
us many skilled artists in various fields, especially in Painting arts on
various artistic medias. So, Najafs had an influential role in shaping the
artistic identity in Iran throughout the 19th century for nearly three
successive generations. Najaf Family is descended from a larger artistic
family that I named "Al-Jubah dar family", according to what I found
out through a previous study I did. In this study, we will shed light on
this relationship and the important results that will be revealed that are
hoped to be a beacon for scholars in the field of studying the
biographies of artists and their families.

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