Study the folk art paintings in Qajar era( Religious themes-Focused)

Abstract After the introduction of Islam into the Iran, The penetration and influences of the Shiite religion of Iranian culture become suddenly accelerated so that with time elapsion, it turned to a factor affective on the forming of various Iranian social and cultural customs . The increasing growth of these beliefs in Qajar community will become a vital motive for the formation of the folk arts because from nature viewpoint , the foundation of these arts relies upon religious beliefs and public thoughts . In this era for the first time ,artists could realize own religious beliefs via art tools at various fields . These images have been created with the purpose of focusing on the contrast of the devil and good concepts and conceptual comparison on it using different visual elements at various scenes . This paper aims to study the interaction of the created elements and the religious values in these paintings through studying the social factors affected by the folk art’s growth by Shiite themes. The paper’s findings sociologically show that due to expansion of Shiism in public in Qajar era, it led to promote religious themes in various styles of folk art painting and this paper has sufficed to study teahouse painting , dervish curtains , iconography and painting.