Research Article

Titus Burckhardt and Religious Symbolism in Architecture

Volume: 14 Number: 2 December 28, 2017
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Titus Burckhardt and Religious Symbolism in Architecture

Abstract

Titus Burckhardt, was one of the most famous Traditionalist philosopher

in the last century. He devoted his life to the study and exposition of

the different aspects of Wisdom and Tradition. Burckhardt was one of the

most remarkable exponents of universal truth, in the realm of metaphysics

as well as in the realm of cosmology and of traditional art. This article

aims to explain some aspects of his approach to the architecture in general

and the Islamic architecture especially. The ‘unity’ is the principal dimension

of the Islamic architecture. According to Burckhardt, the Kaʿba is the

very primordial architecture on the earth that has an cosmologic symbolism.

It has literally central importance for its architecture. Every Muslim

faces the Kaʿba to recite the canonical prayers, and every mosque is accordingly

orientated in this direction. For Burckhardt, the non using of image

or as he says the ‘aniconism’ is also one of the most exeptional part of

Islamic art and architecture. According to him, the aniconism preserves

the primordial dignity of man, whose form, ‘made in the image of God’; on

the other hand, nothing that could possibly be an idol, may interpose itself

between man and the invisible presence of God.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 28, 2017

Submission Date

November 16, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 30, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 14 Number: 2

APA
Taşpınar, İ. (2017). Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm. Milel Ve Nihal, 14(2), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.377641
AMA
1.Taşpınar İ. Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm. Milel ve Nihal. 2017;14(2):159-173. doi:10.17131/milel.377641
Chicago
Taşpınar, İsmail. 2017. “Titus Burckhardt Ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm”. Milel Ve Nihal 14 (2): 159-73. https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.377641.
EndNote
Taşpınar İ (December 1, 2017) Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm. Milel ve Nihal 14 2 159–173.
IEEE
[1]İ. Taşpınar, “Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm”, Milel ve Nihal, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 159–173, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.17131/milel.377641.
ISNAD
Taşpınar, İsmail. “Titus Burckhardt Ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm”. Milel ve Nihal 14/2 (December 1, 2017): 159-173. https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.377641.
JAMA
1.Taşpınar İ. Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm. Milel ve Nihal. 2017;14:159–173.
MLA
Taşpınar, İsmail. “Titus Burckhardt Ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm”. Milel Ve Nihal, vol. 14, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 159-73, doi:10.17131/milel.377641.
Vancouver
1.İsmail Taşpınar. Titus Burckhardt ve Mimaride Dini Sembolizm. Milel ve Nihal. 2017 Dec. 1;14(2):159-73. doi:10.17131/milel.377641

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