The Aesthetics of Emptiness
Sky Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuriko Saito (0009-0002-0452-9203, Rhode Island School of Design, 2 College Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 499-518 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d8909 |
| OpenAlex | W2126712884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
The sky and celestial phenomena surround us everywhere, all the time. However, they have not received due attention in philosophical discourses dealing with the environment, or in our daily experience. I explore some examples of recent art projects that facilitate our aesthetic experience of the sky and celestial events. These art pieces are analyzed in terms of the different ways in which they embody the notion of 'emptiness', a Buddhist term for reality that is written with the Chinese character for sky
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Astronomy · Buddhism · Celestial sphere · Character (mathematics · Emptiness · Epistemology · Geometry · Physics · Sky · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |