The relationship between religious form and matter and artistic works in Schuon’s viewpoint

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1 Assistant professor in philosophy of art , faculty of architecture, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant professor in Islamic theology , faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Najafababd Branch, Najafababd, Iran

10.22080/jre.2021.20694.1122

Abstract

Frithjof Schuon, as one of most distinguished representatives of traditionalism, proposes a different approach in philosophies of religion and art. This approach includes a new insight in old religio-metaphysical concept. In this era, form and matter, as two of the oldest and most important religo-metaphysical concepts, has an important role in Schuon’s understanding of religion and art. This two connect religion to art and vice versa. For Schuon, the contribution of the form and matter are representatives of unity in diversity and diversity in unity in religions and their authenticity. This dialectical procedure first and foremost can be seen in the light of the form, steaming from content. However, it cannot be reduced to the content while emphasizing a pre-established harmony. It is so that in sacred art, the form is transcended with matter and content and refers the addressed to divinity. We try in this paper to show some aspects of the relationship of religious form and matter in Schuon’s viewpoint and its implications for the study of sacred art.

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