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The genre of graphic novels can be traced back to 1986 with Art Spiegelman's Maus, portraying the Holocaust through the use of cartoon images of mice and cats. Later, writers such as Aaron McGruder and Ho Che Anderson used graphic novels to discuss themes such as Sudanese orphans and civil rights movements.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold." [ 14 ] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Qajar art was the architecture, paintings, and other art forms produced under the Qajar dynasty, from 1781 to 1925, in Iran ().. The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was a side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Mohammad Khan and his descendants.
Persian art or Iranian art (Persian: هنر ایرانی, romanized: Honar-è Irâni) has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture.
Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, works including installation art, photography; Laleh Mehran, Iranian-American multimedia artist and professor; Alina Mnatsakanian (born 1958), Iranian-Armenian Switzerland-based visual artist; Mandana Moghaddam (born 1962), Iranian-Swedish visual artist
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
Affiliated to Tehran Municipality, Iranian House of Cartoon (خانه کاریکاتور ایران) was founded in 1996. In addition to hosting temporary exhibitions & acting as an educational center of cartoon & animation , it has been the permanent secretariat of Tehran International Cartoon Biennial .
The art of animation as practiced in modern-day Iran started in the 1950s. Iran's animation owes largely to the animator Noureddin Zarrinkelk, who was instrumental in founding the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran in collaboration with the late father of Iranian graphics, Morteza Momayez, and other fellow artists like Farshid Mesghali, Ali Akbar ...