ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the Danish philosopher K. E. Lgstrup's philosophy of the senses to consider the place of aesthetic appreciation in human experience of the world which is explored by applying the concept of poetic existence to a concrete work of architecture, Vejle Church outside Copenhagen. Peter Brandes's large stained glass mosaics, which adorn its six gables, receive an important part of the attention in Christoffersen's reflection on architecture, time, space and light. For Macmillan the primary reference for Vejle church is the geometrical symmetry of the Renaissance church, as represented by St. Eligio dei Orfici in Rome, and not least in Bramante's famous Tempietto. The stained glass mosaics in Vejle church place the time-bound historical tradition in the realm of the senses and as the passing down of tradition enters the realm of the senses, it opens the mind.
