Women’s Position in the Works of Reza Abbasi (The Safavid painter and the Founder of Isfahan School of Painting)

This research investigates Reza Abbasi’s role in changes in paintings in the history of Iran with the aim of studying his life and painting style as a famous artist and the founder of Isfahan schoolof painting. The changes in paintings had lots of opponents from among the courtiers and artists during Reza Abbasi’s age. The most important deconstruction of Reza Abbasi was the attention he would pay to women in his works and independent painting of women with a central role. Thewomen who despite forming half of population were either not present or had a peripheral role inpaintings before Reza Abbasi’s. Although this deconstruction would show Reza Abbasi as a philanthropist and committed, it entailed social consequences for him. This research investigatesthe role of Reza Abbasi as a pioneer and deconstructive artist who paid attention to women inpaintings of Iran.

Keywords:

Reza Abbasi , Isfahan school , Woman , Painting , social