Looking Into the Rain: Magic - Moisture - Medium

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Barbara Baert, "Looking Into the Rain: Magic - Moisture - Medium"
English | ISBN: 311072684X | 2022 | 224 pages | PDF | 145 MB

Humankind has traditionally had a special relationship with the atmospheric characteristics of their environment, especially when it comes to rain. Using unique and expertly developed cases - from prehistoric cave paintings up to the meaning of rain in photography and cinema - this book casts new light on a theme that is both ecological and iconological, both natural and cultural-historical.
Are our current paradigms in the visual studies enough to be able to describe the art and culture surrounding rain in a nuanced way, even to reach
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