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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
Incredible essay on aesthetics, culture, modernization, darkness... Beautiful meditative prose. I was in a funk and decided to finally get around to reading this. Glad I did. I'd suggest listening to Soundscape 1: Surround by Hiroshi Yoshimura while reading it for extra vibes.
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Doğu ve Batı .Bizim de içinde olduğumuz Doğu, inanılmaz bir şekilde hızla Batılılaştı. Değerler ve zevkler de doğal olarak değişti. Gölgeye Övgü bu değişime bir yakınma ve öz eleştiridir. Doğu'nun tembelliğidir değişimin sert olması ayrıca Batı'nın hırsının bir sonucudur. Bu kitap Japon mimarisi hakkında da bilgi veriyor ve bazı eşyalara farklı bakmamıza neden oluyor.
tuve que parar a mitad del libro para mirar cuándo se publicó porque me quedé un poco tiesa con lo de la pureza de razas yikes
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Many insightful parts, some dated parts - which is to be expected from an essay almost a century old
Of course counter examples can be found, but Tanizaki gives a straightforward explanation of his philosophy of aesthetics, especially contrasting it to Western view. It helps to understand this was written in 1933 with the chauvinism and nationalism then and before the next modernization of the postwar era started.
"We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates".
"We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates".
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“Mrs. Tanizaki tells a story of when her late husband decided, as he frequently did, to build a new house.
The architect arrived and announced with pride, ‘I've read your In Praise of Shadows, Mr. Tanizaki, and know exactly what you want!’ To which Tanizaki replied, ‘But no, I could never live in a house like that.’”
The architect arrived and announced with pride, ‘I've read your In Praise of Shadows, Mr. Tanizaki, and know exactly what you want!’ To which Tanizaki replied, ‘But no, I could never live in a house like that.’”
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