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The east window for the Greifswald Cathedral is Olafur Eliasson's first glass work in a church interior. The artist, known for his light installations, is thereby joining the ranks of contemporary artists who have designed windows in medieval churches. At the same time, Eliasson is drawing on a romantic vision of the cathedral, which was fundamentally remodelled between 1824 and 1832. The bright, whitewashed interior in neo-Gothic style still defines the overall impression of the brick building today, as coloured windows could not be used at the time. Eliasson approaches the romantic spatial vision with extreme awareness and reinterprets it. Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich's colour palette, his window is about the perception of light in constant change, about time and infinity. Text: Bilingual German and English

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Author:   Isabelle Dolezalek
Publisher:   Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
Imprint:   Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
Weight:   0.742kg
ISBN:  

9783795438647

ISBN 10:   3795438640
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   07 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Vorwort / Preface Ein Fenster ins 21. Jahrhundert öffnen Opening a window on the twenty-first century Tilman Beyrich, Birte Frenssen Fenster für bewegtes Licht Window for moving light Olafur Eliasson KONTEXT Bildessay / CONTEXT Visual essay Theologische Zeit Vom Anfang und dem Nichts Theological Time: On Beginning and Nothingness Senthuran Varatharajah PROZESS Bildessay / PROCESS Visual essay Sehen mit Bildern Romantische Ästhetiken in den Chorfenstern des Greifswalder Doms Seeing with images: Romantic aesthetics in the choir windows of Greifswald Cathedral Anne Hemkendreis WERK Bildessay / WORK Visual essay Und in deinem Licht sehen wir das Licht In thy light do we see light Senthuran Varatharajah Dank / Acknowledgements Autor:innen / Authors Olafur Eliasson

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Isabelle Dolezalek is Professor of Art History specialising in the Middle Ages at the University of Greifswald.

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