The Reciprocal Effects of Chinese and Iranian Painting in Mongol Era

After domination of Mongol on Changise’s army in the city of Uighur relatives and dissolving of this tribe in Tatars, painting style of Manoy-Uighurs published and became common in China through Mongol and enthusiasm of the skillful professors of this city had effects on it. Gradually this style of painting became known as a special style after passing through the Uighur and Moghol artists. This style came to Iran and was known as the “Chinease style”. The reason of this popularity of Chinease artists in Iran was because of Ilkhanan order. As a result of commuting of Iranian people from Iran to China, this Chinease style was published in Iran. Because of artistic effect of Chinease artists and paper, pen and Chinease ink and way of painting and combination of lines and drawing the animals face and living organisms were not experienced among the art of Muslims, like crocodile and some mythic animals. Gradually new elements entered in Iranian painting and drawing of Mongolian faces with big eyes and round cheeks became common and this combination of Iranian an Chinease art effects together aspired in form of an “artistic book of Harat” in Teymooriyan age.