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Remarks upon the Aesthetics of the Night Sky
Remarks upon the Aesthetics of the Night Sky

Author(s): Endre Szécsényi
Subject(s): Aesthetics
Published by: Spoločnosť pre estetiku na Slovensku a Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: Environmental Aesthetics; Aesthetics of Nature; Sublimity; Night Sky; Time Experience

Summary/Abstract: This essay begins with some observations on the main features and availability of the aesthetic experience of the night sky to us. In the second part, the aesthetics of the starry sky is interpreted in terms of time experience, complementing the usual approach in terms of immense space. These remarks on this broad and abundant subject can partly be linked to the intellectual historical interpretation of the birth of modern aesthetics, and partly to the vital discourse of environmental aesthetics, which proves that these two approaches can work together and bring to the fore the aesthetic relevance and fruitfulness of this subject.

  • Issue Year: 10/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-63
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English