{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.persian-art","code":"thing-q2718840","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2718840/","name":"Persian art","alternateNames":["art of Ancient Iran","visual arts of Iran","Safavid art","Ilkhanid art","Qajar art","Gol o bolbol","Iranian modern and contemporary art","Persian classical dance","Zand art","Afsharid art","Pahlavi art","Ghaznavid art"],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.KNW"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The visual arts of Iran and the wider Persian cultural sphere over more than five millennia, from ancient Elamite and Achaemenid art through Sasanian, Islamic-era and modern periods, spanning architecture, painting, calligraphy, carpets, ceramics, metalwork and miniatures, with periods and forms the registry aliases name such as the art of ancient Iran, Ilkhanid, Safavid and Qajar art and the gol o bolbol or flower and nightingale motif; Persian art strongly influenced neighbouring cultures. Attribution and periodisation are scholarly matters, and cultural heritage protection and provenance of artefacts, some contested, are attributed.","purpose":"Let an agent explain Persian art, relay periods, media, motifs and influence from art history sources with periodisation and provenance attributed, describe the named periods and motifs, and distinguish Persian art from Islamic art broadly, Mesopotamian art, Ottoman and Mughal art and modern Iranian art as a subset.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Long continuous tradition","Miniatures and carpets","Calligraphy and tilework","Wide influence"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What Persian art is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is Persian art, and how does it differ from Islamic art broadly, Mesopotamian, Ottoman and Mughal art and modern Iranian art?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about a period, a medium or a specific work?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"periods","name":"Periods","description":"Named periods.","findings":[{"id":"periods-finding","name":"Periods","description":"Periods.","questions":[{"text":"What are the art of ancient Iran, Ilkhanid, Safavid and Qajar art and the gol o bolbol motif?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific period?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"media","name":"Media","description":"Media.","layers":[{"id":"miniatures","name":"Miniatures","description":"Persian miniatures.","findings":[{"id":"miniatures-finding","name":"Miniatures","description":"Miniatures.","questions":[{"text":"How did Persian miniature painting develop?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Persian miniature?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"carpets","name":"Carpets","description":"Carpets and ceramics.","findings":[{"id":"carpets-finding","name":"Carpets","description":"Carpets.","questions":[{"text":"How are Persian carpets and ceramics distinctive?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"ancient","name":"Ancient","description":"Ancient Persian art.","findings":[{"id":"ancient-finding","name":"Ancient","description":"Ancient.","questions":[{"text":"What characterises Achaemenid and Sasanian art?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"influence","name":"Influence","description":"Influence.","findings":[{"id":"influence-finding","name":"Influence","description":"Influence.","questions":[{"text":"How did Persian art influence neighbouring cultures, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Heritage.","layers":[{"id":"provenance","name":"Provenance","description":"Provenance and looting.","findings":[{"id":"provenance-finding","name":"Provenance","description":"Provenance.","questions":[{"text":"What provenance and repatriation issues affect Persian artefacts, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"modern","name":"Modern","description":"Modern Iranian art.","findings":[{"id":"modern-finding","name":"Modern","description":"Modern.","questions":[{"text":"How has modern Iranian art developed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits modern Iranian art?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["explain periods and media","relay motifs and influence","describe named periods","present provenance issues with attribution"],"mustNot":[],"requiresHuman":[]},"ethics":{"considerations":[],"affectedParties":[]},"owners":{"steward":"","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q13150034","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"art by region","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Islamic art","type":"related"},{"target":"Mughal painting","type":"related"},{"target":"Persian miniature","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.persian-art","Wikidata: Q2718840 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2718840)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Achaemenid Persepolis: from about 518 BC note","Safavid period: 1501-1736 note - flourishing of miniatures and carpets","registry parent: art of the Earth note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Visual arts of Iran and the Persian sphere","Art of Ancient Iran, visual arts of Iran, Safavid art, Ilkhanid art, Qajar art, Gol o bolbol","Islamic art is broader; 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