The Role Of Natural Elements and Symbolism in Islamic arts and Sufism

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Majid Shahbazi ¹ , Ghasem Mirzaei ² , Mohammad Mohammadi Kia ³

1 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد زنجان، استادیار گروه مهندسی معماری، زنجان، ایران
2 - دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات زنجان، گروه مهندسی معماری، زنجان، ایران
3 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تبریز، گروه مهندسی معماری، تبریز، ایران

Received: 2016-01-09 Accepted : 2018-08-04 Published : 2013-01-20

Keywords: elements of nature, Islamic art, symbolism, avatar,

Abstract :

Islamic art has great treasures of the deep mystical meaning and divine wisdom, rooted in deep thought and spiritualfoundations of art, because it is divineThe art  when creating new ways and sometimes using images and art forms of past, such as ancient Iran and  pre-Islamic Iran. Unfortunately, when investigating the "Islamic Art", a wide range of attitudes andapproaches to historical controls in the form of "art history" is seen, and instead a look at the empty deeper philosophical attitude to the arts in thecontext of philosophical approaches to art is visible In fact, meditation on the inner aspect of the art and codified language, and language, metaphysical and mystical allegory that contains the necessaryfoundations is undeniable and frequency of deficiencies in this area can be seen also in academic circles This paper investigates the symbolic meaning of the Codified art and why the need for such Lisani when examining the art The symbolic meaning of some designs and the elements of nature imagery in Islamic art, In addition to these elements, some mystical and metaphysical foundations ofthis art are investigated