PERSIAN MINIATURE — SAFAVID COURT PAINTING

VISUAL STYLE: Persian miniature painting in the Safavid tradition. Flat, jewel-toned, intricate. Multiple perspectives operating simultaneously — ground tilted toward viewer, figures in profile, architecture frontally presented.

COLOUR PALETTE: Lapis lazuli blue, emerald green, gold leaf, crimson lake, soft turquoise. Pure mineral pigments at full saturation. Gold used for sky, for important surfaces, for the borders of robes.

SPACE: Flat but layered. No vanishing point perspective. Ground is a tilted green plane with flowering plants. Buildings rise vertically. Figures overlap to indicate depth.

DETAIL: Extraordinary and all-over — every surface patterned, every robe decorated, every garden filled with specific flowers. There is no unimportant area.

NATURE: Idealised gardens — perfect cypress trees, flowering shrubs, birds. The garden is paradise made visible.

FIGURES: Profile faces, almond eyes, elegant proportions. Robes decorated with intricate pattern.

BORDERS: Decorated frames of arabesque pattern or floral motif — the painting exists within a world of ornament.

No perspective recession. No chiaroscuro. No Western pictorial conventions. A complete alternative visual logic, internally consistent.