Manifestation of mystical and Sufi concepts of poetry in the architecture of holy shrines

Abstract

Architecture and literature, along with other arts such as painting and music, are among Islamic arts that have plenty of common points for their visual and verbal aspects and conceptual applications, such that there is no doubt that their origins and existence are by a unique creator. Literature is the inseparable tool of architects and architects are intuition-oriented. Poetries have great similarities in the concepts, such as space, form and, style, and in aesthetic domains, such as metaphors, contradictions, balances, symbols, secrets and colors, which are not only revealed in word, but also obvious in the concepts and contents. This indicates the relation and effect of traditional poetry in today’s architecture. One of the clear examples in the effects of poetry on architecture is the indication of mythical and theosophical concepts, including the thoughts and ideas of Khayyam, Rumi and Sanaei on the gravestones and domes of religious monuments. Safavid and Qajarid architects found the music, harmony and concepts of the poetries by the mentioned poets, transforming them into volumetric shapes. The obtained architectural works indicate prominence derived from the relation and combination of literature and architecture.Keywords: Relation, putting, mystical literature, architecture, crystallizatio.Research Objectives1.A study of the style of combining literature in the manifestation of artistic masterpieces2.A study of architectural style in the manifestation of artistic masterpiecesResearch Questions1.What is the style of combining literature in the manifestation of artistic masterpieces?2.What is the style of architecture in the manifestation of artistic masterpieces?

Keywords

• communication
• fusion
• mystical literature
• poetry
• architecture