Fine Arts in Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr's Thought

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy of Art, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Art Department, University of Arts, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

With the arrival of the modern era in west civilization and with major changes took place in the social, ‎cultural, artistic, and other fields. The effects of this trend in the field of art are visible as one of the concepts ‎of the new era with the emergence of fine art in the 18th century. Following the changes in the West, different ‎theorists have expressed many different critical views on the fine arts. Among the theorists who have presented ‎critical views about these modern times, especially about the fine arts is Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr who ‎presents his critical views about fine arts, architecture, poetry etc. and then expressed his opinions about this different type of Arts. He criticized and reviewed fine arts from a traditionalism ‎position. In this paper [article], Nasr's view of the concept of fine arts, the way these arts emerge, its cultural ‎and content characteristics have been studied. According to Dr. Seyed Hossein Nasr, the art of this era, on the ‎one hand, reflects western culture and its crises, and on the other hand, has played a significant role in ‎creating a new cultural space and the art itself has become a decorative object, which has separated art from ‎its traditional trend. The research method of this article is descriptive and analytical and the tool for ‎collecting information is library‏.‏

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Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Volume 16, Issue 38 - Serial Number 38
Articles
2022
Pages 768-791

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