Droga – spotkanie – doświadczenie. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego opisy katedr gotyckich

2012

Road – encounter – experience. Stanisław Wyspiański’s descriptions of Gothic cathedralsThe article focuses on the first European travel of Stanisław Wyspiański, which took place in 1890. His correspondence with Lucjan Rydel constitutes the record of experiences of the young artist. In letters addressed to Rydel descriptions of Gothic cathedrals were put on the foreground. Wyspiański admires these cathedrals in numerous French cities visited during roams. The aim of the article is to analyze those descriptions, which are read through the prism of category of aesthetic experience, focusing on such categories as road and encounter.