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Author : Yrjö Sepänmaa
Release : 1986
Genre : Aesthetics
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Book Synopsis The Beauty of Environment by : Yrjö Sepänmaa
Download or read book The Beauty of Environment written by Yrjö Sepänmaa. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack L. Nasar
Release : 1992-07-31
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 160/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Environmental Aesthetics by : Jack L. Nasar
Download or read book Environmental Aesthetics written by Jack L. Nasar. This book was released on 1992-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do people react to the visual character of their surroundings? What can planners do to improve the aesthetic quality of these surroundings? Too often in environmental design, visual quality--aesthetics--is misunderstood as only a minor concern, dependent on volatile taste and thus undefinable. Yet a substantial body of research indicates the importance of visual quality in the environment to the public and has uncovered systematic patterns of human response to visual attributes of the built environment. Efforts to understand environmental aesthetics have been undertaken by investigators from such diverse fields as landscape architecture, environmental psychology, geography, philosophy, architecture, and city planning. As a result the relevant information is scattered and not readily available to professionals and policy makers. The book brings together classic and new contributions by distinguished workers in different disciplines. It explores theory and data on preferences in the visual environment, and also addresses the practical application of aesthetic criteria in design, planning and public policy. Promising directions for future research are identified.
Author : Martinus Antonius Maria Drenthen
Release : 2014
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 507/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Environmental Aesthetics by : Martinus Antonius Maria Drenthen
Download or read book Environmental Aesthetics written by Martinus Antonius Maria Drenthen. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental aesthetics crosses several commonly recognized divides: between analytic and continental philosophy, Eastern and Western traditions, universalizing and historicizing approaches, and theoretical and practical concerns. This volume sets out to show how these, perspectives can be brought into conversation with one another. The first part surveys the development of the field and discusses some important future directions. The second part explains how widening the scope of environmental aesthetics demands a continual rethinking of the relationship between aesthetics and other fields. How does environmental aesthetics relate to ethics? Does aesthetic appreciation of the environment entail an attitude of respect? What is the relationship between the theory and practice? The third part is devoted to the relationship between the aesthetics of nature and the aesthetics of art. Can art help "save the Earth"? The final part illustrates the emergence of practical applications from theoretical studies by focusing on concrete case studies.
Author : J. Douglas Porteous
Release : 2013-07-04
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Environmental Aesthetics by : J. Douglas Porteous
Download or read book Environmental Aesthetics written by J. Douglas Porteous. This book was released on 2013-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Aesthetics is a comprehensive introduction. It includes a history of aesthetics, discussing the psychology of human-environment relations, and artistic influences on the city and analysing the roles of policy and planning.
Author : Timothy Morton
Release : 2009-09-15
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Ecology Without Nature by : Timothy Morton
Download or read book Ecology Without Nature written by Timothy Morton. This book was released on 2009-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the "nature" they revere. The problem is a symptom of the ecological catastrophe in which we are living. Morton sets out a seeming paradox: to have a properly ecological view, we must relinquish the idea of nature once and for all. Ecology without Nature investigates our ecological assumptions in a way that is provocative and deeply engaging. Ranging widely in eighteenth-century through contemporary philosophy, culture, and history, he explores the value of art in imagining environmental projects for the future. Morton develops a fresh vocabulary for reading "environmentality" in artistic form as well as content, and traces the contexts of ecological constructs through the history of capitalism. From John Clare to John Cage, from Kierkegaard to Kristeva, from The Lord of the Rings to electronic life forms, Ecology without Nature widens our view of ecological criticism, and deepens our understanding of ecology itself. Instead of trying to use an idea of nature to heal what society has damaged, Morton sets out a radical new form of ecological criticism: "dark ecology."
