Hindu Art in The Traditional Doctrine of Sacred Art

Authors : Muharrem HAFIZ

Pages : 275-284

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Publication Date : 2015-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Every sacred art for the traditionalist school (including the names as Renè Guènon, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt and Seyyed Hossein Nasr) is founded on a deep metaphysical background. According to the traditional doctrine of sacred art, this world is only an image/copy of a spiritual pattern, and the very existence of this world is derived from its celestial archetypes. Sacred art is the visible and audible form of the Invisible as it helps man to find his own center and kernel of which the nature is to love God. In this presentation, the metaphysical aspects of the doctrine of sacred art in general will be examined and then the angelic origin of art formulated explicitly by the Hindu tradition with regard to the traditionalist school. 
Keywords : Hinduism, Hindu art, Tradition, Traditionalist school