Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Ph.D. Candidate Art study, Islamic Art, Crafts Faculty, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Faculty of Fine Arts Atatürk University
3 Assistant Professor, Art study, Islamic Art, Crafts Faculty, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 Associate Professor - Faculty ofProfessor of Philosophy at Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages -University of Tabriz Persian Literature and Foreign Languages
Abstract
Which thinkers and with what interpretational purposes have put forward the concept of the imaginal in the reading of Iranian painting? What new possibilities have they opened up and what obstacles have they brought forth with the frequent reference to the imaginal in the interpretation of Iranian painting? The research method is descriptive-analytical and critical mainly developed through description, comparison, finding untenable claims in other research sources, lack of examples of painting works, and unprovable and frequent propositions, as well as raising critical questions. In addition to showing the theoretical and methodological shortcomings of this field study, the research aims to emphasize some other possible readings. I will proceed to explore the ideas of Titus Burkhart and Seyed Hossein Nasr, as well as Dariush Shaygan and Majid Akhgar (phenomenological approach) to conclude as follows: Burkhardt and Nasr, by using the concept of the imaginal and suspended forms about Iranian painting, did not try to discover the world of this genre. They instead sought to exemplify their previous ideas about tradition, Islam, and art in general. Their references are often unsubstantiated. Concerning the phenomenological tendency, Shayegan and Akhgar’s phenomenological approach does not go beyond Corbin's and traditionalists' views. Akhgar's reference and use of the concept of the imaginal is mainly based on Shayegan's texts. The distinguishing feature of Akhgar's interpretations is juxtaposing survival/annihilation and timelessness/temporality in the world of imagination, the attribution of which to Iranian paintings cannot be rejected. However, he follows the line of Shayegan and Nasr, in general.
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