Chłodne promieniowanie. Herbert u Dorów
Cool Radiation. Herbert and the Dorians

Summary/Abstract: This text is about the Greek adventure experienced by Zbigniew Herbert, or, more precisely, his encounter with the Doric art of ancient Greece. The anthropological commentary encompasses solely the poet’s essays. The author chose as the point of departure U Dorów, an essay dealing with Doric temples in Paestum, and then compared it with two later sketches (Akropol, Duszyczka), whose topic is the art of temple architecture at the Athenian acropolis. Dariusz Czaja proposes a new deciphering of Herbert’s Greek essays. In doing so he draws attention that from the factographic point of view Herbert’s texts about Greek art no longer have much to add. On the other hand, they still remain intriguing material for reflections on the essence of art and its “long duration” in culture. Writing about his fascination with Doric temples in Paestum and on the Acropolis Herbert answers a fundamental and still engrossing question: is it possible to return to the past and – despite all – to hear the voice reaching us from old masterpieces?

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