Department of Painting

About

Art is a boundless expression of human creativity, spanning across cultures, epochs, and mediums. From the earliest cave paintings to the most avant-garde installations, art serves as a mirror reflecting the essence of humanity. Painting is one of humanity’s oldest and most cherished forms of artistic expression, serving as a window into the soul of cultures, eras, and individuals throughout history. At its core, painting is a language, transcending verbal communication to convey emotions, ideas, and narratives. artists communicate with their audience on a profound, often subconscious level. Painting is not just about technique or aesthetics; it’s a reflection of humanity itself. Every brushstroke, every color choice, tells a story of its own. Whether realistic or abstract, each painting is a testament to the artist’s imagination, skill, and passion. Today, as in the past, painting remains a cherished art form that continues to inspire, challenge, and move people, capturing the endless diversity of human experience.

Majors and Programs

Painting, as a fine art practice, has a lasting capacity for innovation and reinvention. The journey of painting spans thousands of years and encompasses numerous styles, techniques, and materials. In this practical and theoretical course, you will experiment with traditional and emerging painting techniques. Inspired by your own curiosity, you will create artworks that offer new ideas and perspectives on the world around you.
By collaborating with your classmates across the broad Fine Arts program, you will become familiar with related disciplines including printmaking, photography, design, and computational arts. This will allow you to expand your skills. In addition to practical skills, you will also learn about the history of fine arts. You will explore the evolution of painting and its impact on the contemporary fine art world. By looking at different artists, you will explore how their creative imagination is inspired by social discourses. Through these studies, you will consider how these artists’ works respond to urgent contemporary debates and past global traditions.

Painting (B.A)

Basic Units:

Foundation of visual Arts (I)
Foundation of visual Arts (II)
Drawing (I)
Drawing (II)
History of Art (I)
History of Art (II)
Islamic Art and Civilization
Perspective Geometry

Main Units:
History of painting (I)
History of painting (II)
History of painting (III)
History of painting (IV)
Mural painting
Analysis of paintings
Anatomy drawing (I)
Anatomy drawing (II)
Drawing (III)
Drawing (IV)
Drawing (V)
Drawing (VI)
Drawing (VII)
Painting (I)
Painting (II)
Painting (III)
Painting (IV)
Painting (V)
Painting (VI)
Painting (VII)
Hand printing
Sculpture
Iranian Painting
Watercolor
Techniques of illustration
Mixed Media Painting
Visual experiment (1)
Visual experiment (II)
Digital photography
Digital painting
Analysis and criticism of visual arts
Research Methods in Visual Arts
Final Project

Facilities and Equipment

painting class

Designing class

Designing class: In design laboratories, professors teach students to understand and recognize the aspects of mental design expression, objective models, and practice in applying mental design capabilities for subject design.

painting class 2

Teaching

Graduates of this field, theoretical and technical principles and foundations of art, can participate in educational fields (education and other cultural and educational centers) and work in the field of creating and criticizing works of art. Teaching in this field is based on learning in small groups, individual training and group work.
Research

The faculty members of the painting department are interested in research in their specialized field, and these researches are often done in the form of presenting articles in domestic and international conferences and seminars, as well as in the form of guidance for students' final projects.
Publication

Publication