Comparative Studies on Miniatures of Tabriz School and Iranian Gardens Architecture in Timurid and Safavid Epochs

Architecture is an art to regulate space، and one of important elements in architecture is a nature named garden which is a part of architecture. But، always for comprehend architecture of garden and relationship of its elements, there are many obstacles. Perhaps in this situation, the most useful way is referring to tourists’ travel account، and verifying the pictures of hand writing copies. In miniature of Tabriz school, nature exists as a supplementary factor. This research is done with the goal of verifying the impressionable of miniatures of Tabriz school from Iranian garden architecture in first part of 1th century of Hejira, similar and deferent points of these two elements are introduced by verifying the selected miniatures of Tabriz school. Research method is based on descriptive، analytic and comparative reasoning and presenting statistical charts. The theories of this research shows: The trend to realism in Persian paintings, which originally appeared in Bihzad paintings in Herat school, like a continuous line, has connected paintings of late ninth century to tenth century of Hejira. and by moving Behzad to Tabriz the miniaturists of Tabriz school، by following Behzad’stradition, without disconnecting with ideal conceptions in his paintings, have focused their view point on nature, human and his life; but obvious differences are seen between miniatures and garden architecture that most of these cases emphasize on effect of garden architecture of Timurid epoch on garden architecture of Safavid epoch.