Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times

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Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times
Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times
Author : David Sten Herrstrom
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Language : English
Release Date : 03 May 2024
ISBN : 9781683933649
Pages : 389 pages
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Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times by David Sten Herrstrom Book PDF Summary

This scholarly work focuses on encounters with light, telling the story of "seduction" from the Middle Ages through our times, as revealed in works of literature and art, including architecture and film. Rather than the historical investigation of light's "essential" nature, its subject is our relationship with light.

Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times

Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times by David Sten Herrstrom

This scholarly work focuses on encounters with light, telling the story of "seduction" from the Middle Ages through our times, as revealed in works of literature and art, including architecture and film. Rather than the historical investigation of light's "essential" nature, its subject is our relationship with light.

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