Contents

Illustrations

List of Original Publications

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Approaching Atmospheres: Translator’s Introduction

1    Atmosphere, a Basic Concept of a New Aesthetic

2    The Ecstasies of Things

3    Material Splendour

4    Atmospheres in Architecture

5    The Presence of Living Bodies in Space

6    Atmospheres of Human Communication

7    Learning to Live with Atmospheres

8    The Grand Concert of the World

9    The Voice in Spaces of Bodily Presence

10  Light and Space

11  The Art of Staging as a Paradigm for an Aesthetics of Atmospheres

12  Church Atmospheres

Afterword

References

Index