A study of The Concepts Applied in the Painting of Makhtabkhane Layla and Majnun by Adopting Gilbert Durand`s Mythology Approach

Islamic, juridical, and literary ideas have long found expression in the symbolic language of Iranian-Islamic miniatures. Qandil (luxury ceiling light) is one of the visual forms of Iranian art, mainly miniatures. Iranian miniatures depicting the Qandil represent their religious, literary, and philosophical ideas to communicate profound intellectual thoughts and beliefs.
This study reflects on the symbolic idea and employs Gilbert Durand's mythological approach to examine Qandil's symbolic importance in Iranian-Islamic art and culture. In this context, Gilbert Durand's mythological approach and ideas concerning symbols have been used to examine an image from Maktabi's Layla and Majnun. Answers to the questions, "What does the Qandil sign imply, and how is it used in Islamic-Iranian art and culture?" and "How is the Qandil symbol used in Islamic-Iranian art and culture?" is essential. What is the symbolic importance of Qandil's function in the school miniature about the other figurative components and concepts? It uses a library and descriptive-analytical research method.
According to research, symbolic components derived from archetypes have conveyed religious and Islamic themes. In Layla and Majnun at School, we discover the archetype that produces these motifs and the underlying thought by employing the symbolic visual motifs and how they are integrated. The proportion of the Qandil motif to other visual parts demonstrates the relationship between the image and its religious, literary, and philosophical values. Gilbert Durand's view and focus on archetypes in the creation of symbols and myths suggest that Qandil's purpose in the Holy Quran and Illuminationism is related to the archetype of light. This miniature is especially significant because it uses several different symbols—including the Qandil, Mehrab, and Gonbad—to represent the archetype of "Eternal Light," a central concept in both religion and Iranian-Islamic mythology.