Abstract
This essay explores Persian wall paintings featuring seminude and erotic representations of European women, discovered mainly in private Safavid residences in Isfahan. In starting this exploration I have documented these unconventional artistic creations and their surrounding contexts. The investigation posits that not only did nude and erotic portrayals of women exist in Iran, challenging the prevailing Safavid Shia conservatism of that period, but these Persian wall paintings of European women became increasingly visible among diverse audiences in later centuries. This suggests that the exoticization and eroticization of European women in Iran preceded broader Western colonial endeavors.
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