Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Elaheh Sadat Mirbabaeian Roudsari ¹
• Hossein Shojaei Ghadikalaie ²

¹ Graghic group, girls technical and vocational Qodsyieh college,Sari, Iran

² PhD student of Analysis and Comparative History of Islamic Art, Faculty of Art, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The surviving works of the Fatimids and Buyids show that the Fatimids had some negligence about using Shiite themes in their art works, while Buyids used many of these themes and a variety of them in their works. Present study has been performed in historical and descriptive-analytical method and aimed at recognizing the reasons for the difference in the type of reflection of Shiite themes in the art of the Fatimids of Egypt and Buyids, and answers the question that what is the difference between the use of Shiite themes in the works of art of the Fatimids and the Buyids? The results show that different attitudes of Fatimids and Buyids towards art have led to differences in their use of Shiite themes; the Fatimids viewed works of art as a commodity for trade and gaining income, while Buyids had a propagandistic view toward it and saw works of art as a means of propagating ideas as well as gaining religious legitimacy.

Keywords

• Islamic art
• Shiite art
• Shiite themes
• Fatimids of Egypt
• Buyids