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Methodological Remarks: The Relationship Between Landscape Perceptions and the Cultural, Civilizational, and Political Formation of Societies
Authors: Moraitis, Konstantinos
Reviewer: Tournikiotis, Panagiotis
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Abstract:
Perceptions of the landscape throughout the span of modern Western history closely follow the transformations in the ways culture is conceived. If Civilization—and the adjective cultural in its narrower sense—refers to urban-based societies with dynamic structures, to “high” forms of social expression, economic and productive development, the organization of scientific knowledge, and the official arts, then the perception of landscape during the early modern period, up until the 18th century, is strongly linked to centralized cultural control. From the mid-18th century onward, however, the terms begin to shift. Increasingly, Western societies start to attribute value to the natural qualities of the landscape. Nature emerges as a central theme in painting; landscape design moves toward more naturalistic forms. With the rise of Romanticism, unmediated nature is granted intrinsic value, while at the same time, there is a turn—marked by respect—toward those “cultural” expressions denoted by the term culture (in its broader, anthropological sense).
Graphic Editors: Chelidoni, Aikaterini
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2623
Bibliographic Reference: Moraitis, K. (2015). Methodological Remarks: The Relationship Between Landscape Perceptions and the Cultural, Civilizational, and Political Formation of Societies [Chapter]. In Moraitis, K. 2015. The art of the landscape [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/2623
Language: Greek
Is Part of: The art of the landscape
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions