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There are three spheres of meaning inherent in landscape:


Meaning of these terms:

Physical refers to topography, hydrology and geography of places

Richmond

Richmond Virginia, antebellum setting along the fall-line.

Affective is how surroundings (environs) are an emotive shaper of human identity

Alex Wyant's sunset in Florida, 1885-1892.


Intellectual refers to how we discern cultural meaning from the layout of structures and buildings.

Chicago's riverside buildings, 1990s.

Jacob Riis: Mulberry Lane, New York City 1890s.


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Discussion

Landskyp is the Dutch derivative of the German landschaften referring to land altered by humans.


" a representation of scenery " Dutch and Italian 16th century painting

delft

Delft, Vermeer,1658-60

Vermeer's street in Delft.

A view encompassing all the visible world.

 


Dual character of landscape persists.


British shooting of Indian demonstrators at Amritsar, April 13, 1919.

2 aspects are:

1. Place
2. Viewpoint


Implied is an objective world to view and a perspective taken by a subjective observer viewing a place.

1. Place: Chama Valley west of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.

 

2. Viewpoint: Albert Bierstadt's painting of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming.


"Another source of ambiguity lies in the need to distinguish between the area covered in the 'scene' and its actual contents--


1. The landscapes spatial extent and configuration

Valley of the Rio Grande south of Albuquerque, New Mexico.


2. The material features contained therein

Hillside rice terraces in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.


"Landscapes are commonly distinguished as natural or cultural.

This is a useful distinction for historical purposes, but in practice few landscapes in economically advanced regions have escaped some degree of human modification.

The reasons for this transformation are many, but three significant articles explaining the causes for and inexorable consequences of these often extensive, prolonged and unexpected alterations. These important articles are:

landscape art

history

sources

 

Clio Muse

Claude Lorraine was a painter of epic art, painting by Lorraine, 1600s, 17th century.

 

"Claude Lorraine altered western painting to envision the scenery of the landscape as something worthy of an artistic focus to express more profound meanings about time, mortality and the vanity of human creations.

In this way an allegorical meaning was expressed using various features we could recognize as familiar in our experience, yet portrayed stylistically in landscape painting.

fossil

Siry, chronology of material culture

Index to sources:
This painting by Giotto of the Last Judgment is a representation of early Renaissance concern for the symbolic and the spiritual qualities of earthly life.

ON THE PLAN AND METHOD OF READING HISTORIES,

THAT the reading of histories might be more fruitful, and the reader might bear off the an ample reward for his effort, three things are deemed necessary for every student:

1.) an established order, so that he does not read in a confused, vague, or desultory manner;

2.) intelligent judgment, so that he skillfully absorbs whatever he reads, and well discerns what things are to be selected;

3.) diligent industry, that he may systematically store up the things that he has picked out, of whatever sort, like a harvest into some barns. "

DIGORY WHEAR, Written; October 3, 1623.

Merchant's Chronology 1640-1992


Herodotus

Verisimilitude, a measure of truth?
Historical Landscape

Historical methodology

History
History as a recovery
History as an endeavor to recapture past landscapes. History
of America's environment, course link
History of America's environment: syllabus
History of Caribbean landscapes.
History of Science, plan of Graduate course
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16 January, 2010

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