Consideration on the status of concepts and Stories of Quran in Iranian painting between eight and eleven century A.D

The dignity and status of holy Quran among Muslims, has ever prevented the independent painting of this holy book. But the craving and eagerness of literatures who love Quran, has developed some texts under the influence of Quran. These texts, and some other historical books, were places to express the concepts and stories of Quran in Iranian painting between eighth and eleventh centuries hejrighamari. This important incident has happened by visualization and illustration of texts influenced by holy Quran. This article aims to pursue such important paintings, and enters the descriptive and comparative study of images, the place of poetry and texts in painting, especially holy Quran. In this way, the capacity of painting in expressing Quran concepts, in our country has been criticized and studied, and the place of literature (prose and poetry) in forming such images is discussed. One of the most important results and findings of this research, which can make special capacity in informing the Iranian contemporary artists, is discovering the significant and essential status of Persian literature in Formation of paintings based on the Quran. It is achieved by referring to index samples and making a general classification about them.