MEANING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE

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SAHHAF SAYYED MOHAMMAD KHOSRO

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Journal: HOVIATESHAHR Year:2016 | Volume:10 | Issue:25 Page(s): 51-60

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MEANING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE

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SAHHAF SAYYED MOHAMMAD KHOSRO | Issue Writer Certificate

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INTELLECTQ2

REASONQ2

MEANING AND SPIRITUALITYQ2

SPIRITUAL ARTQ2

IRANIAN ARCHITECTUREQ2

Abstract

This article is derived from the Ph.D. thesis of the author which is about the role of spirituality in the Iranian home and architecture (here the word home has a double meaning both as an architectural concept and a spiritual one). Proceeding to the topic MEANING AND SPIRITUALITY both in the broader context of philosophy and wisdom and the narrower one of art and architecture is preceded by defining some basic concepts like appearance and inward principles and then introducing four cognitive levels according to their epistemological importance (chart one). To understand spirituality, the levels of human awareness and cognition must be explained thoroughly; since they are human’s INTELLECTual activities at hand. For the very REASON that the four cognitive levels are man’s INTELLECTual achievements (INTELLECT either in the form of logos or REASON), logos and REASONs are explained afterwards and the relations between these two are shown from several different perspectives (to which the second chart is dedicated). In the first part of this essay and as a theoretical base for discourse, the four cognitive levels and types of knowledge, function as a means for the explanation of MEANING AND SPIRITUALITY and in the third chart the relation between MEANING AND SPIRITUALITY in wisdom and philosophy and on the other hand with logos and REASON is presented.In the second part the professional field of art and architecture is investigated and the SPIRITUAL ART is defined. SPIRITUAL ART is substantially an inward based on reflection and contemplation thus Persian art and subsequently Persian architecture is dependent on these activities. Therefore, those intrinsic matters like states of sharia, creed and truth which run through spirituality and SPIRITUAL ART transmit into Persian art and the architecture, navigating the mystic from the world of appearances to that of numinous. This centripetal movement holds man’s being towards god. This attitude (being towards god) is proposed to be the sign for presentness of "Aan" (a spiritual momentum or better saying a very special spiritual state). An "aan" which belongs to the mystical world, achieved in revelations and intuitions of the artist would be then expressed in his art. Moreover, this is a hint showing that the heart of SPIRITUAL ART at the same time is simultaneously present and absent. So briefly speaking, a SPIRITUAL ARTist is he who has an "Aan" in his works. This "Aan" is immediately grasped by the inner eye or intuition of the beholder for it is emanated by the same exact source, to say, heart and soul.At the end of this essay and as a summery, it is concluded that in Persian wisdom, MEANING AND SPIRITUALITY are equal and for that exact REASON are equal in Persian art and architecture too. That’s why a compulsion to obtain a certain degree of spirituality, for client, architect and beholder is evident as a precondition for achieving harmony with Persian architecture. Finally, it should be mentioned that an analytical expressive methodology, with quality based methods are used in this research.

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SAHHAF, SAYYED MOHAMMAD KHOSRO. (2016). MEANING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE. HOVIATESHAHR, 10(25), 51-60. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/154604/en

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SAHHAF SAYYED MOHAMMAD KHOSRO. MEANING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE. HOVIATESHAHR[Internet]. 2016;10(25):51-60. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/154604/en

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SAYYED MOHAMMAD KHOSRO SAHHAF, “MEANING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE,” HOVIATESHAHR, vol. 10, no. 25, pp. 51–60, 2016, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/154604/en

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