Ishraqi’s Approach toward “Husn” and its Embodiment in Iranian Miniatures During Eighth to Tenth Centuries AH (A Survey of Six Well-Known Works of the Schools of the Era)

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Mohammadsadegh Ali Esmaili ¹ , Abdulreza Mazaheri ² , Mohammadreza Sharifzadeh ³

1 - PhD Student, Philosophy of Art, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor, Islamic Mysticism, Faculty of Literature and Human Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central, Tehran, Iran,
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-09-17 Accepted : 2021-09-17 Published : 2021-09-23

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Abstract :

Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi (Sheikh Ishraq) has a manuscript called "Fi Haqiqah al-Ashq" which deals with the category of “Husn” in its various chapters. In this treatise, after expressing the creation of the intellect by Noor Al-Anwar and the origin of the three attributes "Husn, Eshq and Hozn" from it, in another chapter, he considers Husn as a combination of Jamal and Kamal. Considering the influence of Suhrawardi's Enlightenment view on the mystical literature and art of the later period, it seems that the painters of the eighth to tenth centuries also used the Enlightenment attitude in expressing the beauty of their works. The question is how the Iranian painter drew on Suhrawardi's Enlightenment thought to create image spaces, centered on "Husn"; And what is the difference between Jamal and Kamal of paintings? The research has a historical view and a fundamental purpose and has acted in a descriptive-analytical method. The results show that painters have paid attention to both Kamali and Jamali Husn in expressing beauty. As far as the external structure of the works was concerned, they acted in a Kamali way by using logical method and accuracy in dimensions and scales, and in expressing the Jamali of the works that were related to the internal structure of the work, such as appearance and radiance, tenderness, Elegance and gentleness acted exemplary in the world through intuition and imagination.