Light traces

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

What is the effect of light as it measures the seasons? How does light leave different traces on the terrain-on a Pacific Island, in the Aegean Sea, high in the Alps, or in the forest? John Sallis considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays about the effect of light and luminosity on place. Sallis writes movingly of nature and the elements, employing an enormous range of philosophical, geographical, and historical knowledge. Paintings and drawings by Alejandro …

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Light traces / John Sallis ; paintings and drawings by Alejandro A. Vallega.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
Place of Publication:Bloomington, IN
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 157 pages) : : color illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780253013033, 0253013038
oclc:ocn871860586
LC Classification:B105 .P53
Dewey Decimal:113

Clouds -- Caves -- Exorbitant points -- Poseidon -- Blues -- City of lights -- Time's shadows -- The light spread of time -- Heights -- Summer snow -- Dark light -- At sea -- Seacoves -- Sunspots -- Visible time -- Wild -- Quiet -- White.