Recognizing the religious foundations of Islimi motifs based on the lived experience of traditional artists

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD Student in Islamic Art Wisdom.
2 Professor at the Department of Advanced Art Studies, University of Tehran.
3 Faculty Member at the University of Religions and Denominations.
Abstract
Islimi motifs are one of the main and most important types of abstract decorative motifs in Islamic art, the most widely used of which is in association with the valuable and sacred works of Muslims, including the decoration of the Holy Quran, the decoration depended of mosque and Sacred places, can be seen. The origins, evolution, and implications of this role have, for Western and Muslim scholars, so far been expressed in valuable research, but with different approaches. Some scholars believe that the origins of this pattern are traced back to the herbal forms of Byzantine art, ancient Rome, and Coptic Egypt, and the wing shape ornamental role of the Sassanid art, and others believe that Islimi designs are based on explicit Islamic beliefs, Religious precepts are about drawing animal and human motifs, but traditional artists express Islimi motifs with their longing for eternal paradise and striving to bring about the highest ideological and principled meaning of Islam, monotheism, in Islamic art. This article, with a descriptive-analytical approach based on the experience of traditional artists' lives and based on their sympathy with them, has recognized the Islimi fundamentals of Islamic motifs.
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