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Description for Light Traces
Paperback. 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? This book considers the expansiveness of nature and the range of human vision in essays about the effect of light and luminosity on place. Illustrator(s): Vallega, Alejandro Arturo. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 color illus. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 5182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 309.
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 A. Vallega illuminate the text, accentuating the interaction between light and environment.
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253012821
SKU
V9780253012821
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About John Sallis
John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental (IUP, 2012) and Topographies (IUP, 2006). Alejandro A. Vallega is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. He trained as a visual artist before studying philosophy. He is author of Latin American ... Read more
Reviews for Light Traces
"Beautifully conceived and written. Sallis engages the elemental interplay of earth and sky, translucence and obscurity, airiness and density, height and depth, wet and dry, gods and mortals, storms and clouds, rivers and fog, plains and mountains-nature in its expansive, indefinable materiality and ephemeral intangiblity." -Charles E. Scott, Vanderbilt University "A profound and exceptionally nuanced piece of writing that brings ... Read more