ANALYSIS OF PHILOSOPHY OF ART FROM ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHERS’ PERSPECTIVE

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The western philosophers’ perspective of art is quite different from the Islamic philosophers’ philosophy of art because western philosophers repeatedly employed their western criteria and norms in evaluation of Islamic art. Consequently, this research analyzes art philosophy from Islamic philosophers’ perspective so as to have a deep understanding of art, its forms and values. The main objectives were o analyze the philosophy of art based on Islamic philosophers’ perspective, to determine what influences Islamic philosophers’ perspective of art and to understand the important role of art in Islamic culture. Methodology used was a cross sectional survey that was descriptive with qualitative research and quantitative research being employed. Specifically, research participants only included Islamic philosophers derived from different regions. Findings reveal that Islamic philosophers exteriorize and visualize what hidden inwardly in metaphysics and revelation art is. Moreover, it was revealed that majority of the Islamic philosophers believed that western philosophers misunderstand their perspective of art. In addition, the Islamic philosophers strongly agreed that Art should mainly express submission to God and that artwork that is nonconforming to Islamic worldview is unsuccessful artistically. Another philosophy of artwork is that it should reflect Divine Unity and consideration of beauty was of great importance in art according to Islamic philosophers. It was concluded that art and what constitutes art significantly depend on the culture and believes of individual groups or religious affiliations. Islamic philosophers have a radical different perspective of art philosophy where man is considered as divinity instrument created by Supreme Allah.