Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times (Hardcover)

Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times synthesizes and interpretates the experience of light as revealed in a wide range of art and literature from medieval to modern times. The true subject of the book is making sense of the individual's relationship with light, rather than the investigation of light's essential nature. It tells the story of light "seducing" individuals from the Middle Ages to our modern times. Consequently, it is not concerned with the "progress" of scientific inquiries into the physical properties and behavior of light (optical science), but rather with subjective reactions as reflected in art, architecture, and literature. Instead of its evolution, this book celebrates the complexity of our relation to light's character. No individual experience of light being "truer" than any other.

General

Imprint:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	David S. Herrstrom
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-1-68393-363-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles > Modernist design & Bauhaus
LSN:	1-68393-363-X
Barcode:	9781683933632

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