Światło i atmosfera
Light and atmosphere

Author(s): Mateusz Salwa
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Physical Geopgraphy, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: atmosphere; aesthetics; art; light
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss light as an aesthetic phenomenon. In order to accomplish this task, the author refers to the aesthetics of atmospheres proposed by Gernot Böhme, for whom light is one of the main factors creating atmosphere, understood as an aura or mood characteristic of a place. Such a perspective allows, on the one hand, to overcome the traditional metaphysical and epistemological meanings associated with light, and, on the other hand, to broaden the field of aesthetics by including sensory experiences that one can have outside of art. The author briefly analyses selected works of art (Bruno Munari’s, Olaf Eliasson’s) and certain anthropological or sociological approaches to light (Tim Edensor’s, Tim Ingold’s).

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