Explaining the Concepts of Illuminationist Philosophy in Iranian Houses
Subject Areas : Comparison of philosophical thoughts within the Islamic tradition
Takameh Abbasnia Tehrani
1
,
Khosro Sahhaf
2
,
Hassan Rezaei
3
,
Abolghasem Qavam
4
1 - PhD candidate of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor (corresponding author), Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Persian Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashahd
Keywords: Illuminationist philosophy, Iranian house, Architecture, spirituality, Imagination, pattern and symbol, Suhrawardī,
Abstract :
Illuminationist philosophy is a discoursive-intuitive and light-centered school of philosophy. It has exercised a significant effect on Iranian art and architecture because of the Iranian-Islamic philosophical concepts that it employs. The present paper examines the effects of Illuminationist views as a common language for the design of spiritual houses in the contemporary era. Hence, following a descriptive-analytic method, the authors initially explain some of the concepts and ideas in Suhrawardī’s Illuminationist philosophy and then examine their manifestation in the architecture of Iranian houses.