traditional basis of Islamic arts

There has been involvement in formation of Islamic art from different views; what Traditionalism involves in historical and comprehensive explanation of the art, and at the same time, confining its historical process. Present paper attempts to discuss formation of Islamic arts based on authentic Traditional views, including Schoun's, Nasr's, Burkhardt's, and Guenon's. Through the text, one could find comparisons between art historians' and traditionalists views. Furthermore, there is a presentation of historic process of characteristic types of Islamic arts. Accordingly, there is an attempt to discuss effects of Islam and consequent manifestation of Islamic arts, following general discussions about Iranian Pre Islamic legacy. There is statement about general historic development of some types of more defined and mostly known Islamic arts within the same framework, including coinage, painting, architecture, pottery and metallurgy, and finally textiles among many types of manifestations of Islamic arts. The authors bibliographically collected information and data.