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Wyjście z cienia
Exit from the Shadow

Author(s): Wojciech Bałus
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anthropology; art; Wyspiański

Summary/Abstract: As a rule, it is difficult to capture the traces of a decision made by a young artist about his entry into the 'adult' world of art. Veranda by Wyspiański – his early, 'borderline' work – encourages the reader to delve deeper. The interior of Wyspiański’s veranda is secure and tamed but leaving it carries some sort of a threat. Crossing the threshold denotes a step into the unknown. Perhaps this will be the beginning of a march into the realm of light and warmth or of something quite the opposite – a fall into a precipice...

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 32-35
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish