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The east windows in Greifswald Cathedral are Olafur Eliasson's first glass works 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: parallel-text German and English
Price: £17.50
Pages: 152
Publisher: Schnell & Steiner
Imprint: Schnell & Steiner
Publication Date:
07 August 2024
ISBN: 9783795438647
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Isabelle Dolezalek is Professor of Art History specialising in the Middle Ages at the University of Greifswald.
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