Explaining the Concept of Beauty from Islamic Cosmological Point of View to Evaluate the Works of Architecture and Urban Planning

Document Type : Analytic Review

Authors
R. Khorsand
A.H. Noqrehkar
Environmental Design Department, Architecture & Environmental Design Faculty, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction Wherever there is beauty, there is love as well. In philosophical interpretation, love is the tendency to what man lacks, which is called “perfection”. Man’s soul is always trying to bring him to perfection, and beauty is an appeal for reaching perfection. Whatever apparently exists, is manifestation and blessing of holy God’s nature. Man, the vicegerent of God, has descended to this material world for a short time to fulfill his spiritual origin with his knowledge and authority. The aim of this study was to explain the concept of beauty from Islamic cosmological point of view to evaluate the works of architecture and urban planning.

Conclusion The beauty is derived from the perception of the real beings perceived in the material world as the material forms by the five senses, in the sensible world with the conceptual attributes of the intellect and in the world of hereafter by the heart (soul), in terms of the power, the appearance of the existence, and the capacity of the audience. The most comprehensive description of the intrinsic tendencies of man toward absolute perfection and unique being has been expressed in the Holy Quran by presenting 100 good adjectives and names of God. Any work that has these adjectives is more complete, so it is more beautiful. Man, as the vicegerent of God on earth, in his works, including the works of architecture and urbanism, must bring these adjectives and names to manifestation, and the more these adjectives and names be manifested in his work, the more beautiful the work of architecture and urbanism, and this indicator is a measure of distinction and a comparison of beauties.
Keywords
Beauty
Islamic aesthetics
Islamic city
Principles of Beautifying
Subjects
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Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning
Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 22
Summer 2018
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