Lajvard – Daily Eastern Art

Lajvard is a calm, ad-free daily art app. Every day it brings you one Ottoman, Persian, Mughal, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean masterpiece, shown whole, with its story in two minutes and a guided look at the details worth finding. Then you put your phone down. ONE ARTWORK, WHOLE Every work is shown at its own proportions on a mat tinted from its own colors. Never cropped to fit a card, never zoomed to fill a screen. Tap it for edge-to-edge full screen, pinch into the brushwork, and pull up the museum record. THE STORY, IN TWO MINUTES Original writing for every artwork: what it is, who made it, what it was for, and what makes it remarkable. Plain language, no art-history jargon. LOOK CLOSER A guided tour of two or three details. The picture glides to each one with a line explaining it. Nothing is drawn on the art. BUILT FOR LOOKING, NOT SCROLLING There is no feed, nothing to catch up on, and no reason to keep swiping. No streaks, no badges, nothing to fall behind on. One quiet reminder a day, at the hour you choose, or none at all. SEVEN TRADITIONS Ottoman, Persian, Mughal, Deccan, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean: the traditions most art apps skip entirely. Miniatures, calligraphy, ink scrolls, ukiyo-e, Qur'an pages, and Buddhist paintings. HOME-SCREEN WIDGETS The day's artwork is on your home screen in three sizes. Tap it to open the story. WORKS OFFLINE Today's artwork and story come down once and stay on your device. On a plane or underground, the gallery is still open. FREE, WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Every day's artwork, its story, and its Look Closer tour are free, along with the previous two weeks' unlimited favorites, search, and the widgets. No sign-up needed. Sign in only if you want your favorites on your other devices, and delete the account from Settings whenever you like. PREMIUM Premium opens the full archive back to the first day, grouped by month, plus collections by tradition, form, period, and hand. It is never necessary to use the app. NO ADS. EVER. There is no advertising in Lajvard and no plan to add any. It is supported by the people who choose Premium, not by advertisers. Your reading is never sold or shared. Every artwork is reproduced from a museum open-access collection in the public domain. Stories are original writing. Lajvard is the Persian word for lapis lazuli, the stone that made the skies of Persian miniatures blue.