Myślenie widzenia
Thoughtful Seeing
Author(s): Jerzy OlekSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Culture and social structure
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: light; seeing; eye; impossible figures; codes; symbols; signs; art; photography; space; perspective
Summary/Abstract: Conscious reception of works of art has always required adequate knowledge on the part of the viewer. With time, the need for specialized competences of the viewer has grown more and more essential. This process was particularly intensified in the first decades of the 20th century, when visual narratives, formulated through sophisticated languages, became extremely complicated. One of the most responsible factors in this respect as abstraction, because the forms it created carried completely new meanings. Thus the time of literal referentiality has come to an end. Art has ceased to be a simple mirror reflecting the surrounding reality in a comprehensible way.
Journal: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 12/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 7-33
- Page Count: 27
- Language: Polish