Light in Architecture

threelight as an instrument for abstraction

Opposite page Skylight, Universidad laboral (Technical College), Almeria, 1974 by J Cano Lasso, A Campo Baeza and M Martínez Escanciano

Worringer's Theory: Abstraction and Empathy

At the beginning of the 20th century, the German art historian and theorist Wilhelm Worringer wrote his doctoral thesis Abstraktion und Einfühlung on the artistic differences between northern and Mediterranean countries, and their respective relationships with natural light. It was to have significant influence in the intellectual and artistic circles of Europe. In it, Worringer associated the transcendent art of the gothic ...