The Aesthetics of Natural Environments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Aesthetics of Natural Environments write by Allen Carlson. This book was released on 2004-02-10. The Aesthetics of Natural Environments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Aesthetics of Natural Environments is a collection of essays investigating philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise in our appreciation of natural environments. The introduction gives an historical and conceptual overview of the rapidly developing field of study known as environmental aesthetics. The essays consist of classic pieces as well as new contributions by some of the most prominent individuals now working in the field and range from theoretical to applied approaches. The topics covered include the nature and value of natural beauty, the relationship between art appreciation and nature appreciation, the role of knowledge in the aesthetic appreciation of nature, the importance of environmental participation to the appreciation of environments, and the connections between the aesthetic appreciation of nature and our ethical obligations concerning its maintenance and preservation. This volume is for scholars and students focussed on nature, landscapes, and environments, individuals in areas such as aesthetics, environmental ethics, geography, environmental studies, landscape architecture, landscape ecology, and the planning and design disciplines. It is also for any reader interested in and concerned about the aesthetic quality of the world in which we live.
Aesthetics of the Natural Environment
Aesthetics of the Natural Environment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aesthetics of the Natural Environment write by Emily Brady. This book was released on 2019-06-01. Aesthetics of the Natural Environment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Aesthetic experience is one of the fundamental ways that we develop a relationship to our natural surroundings. Emily Brady provides a comprehensive study of this type of experience and the central philosophical issues related to it, developing her own original theory of aesthetic appreciation of nature. She provides useful background to the current debate and an up-to-date critical appraisal of contemporary theories.
Aesthetics and the Environment
Aesthetics and the Environment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aesthetics and the Environment write by Allen Carlson. This book was released on 2000. Aesthetics and the Environment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This books presents fresh and fascinating insights into our interpretation of the environment and shows how our aesthetic experience encompasses nature rather than art.
Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism
Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism write by Allen Carlson. This book was released on 2008. Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism: From Beauty to Duty addresses the complex relationships between aesthetic appreciation and environmental issues and emphasizes the valuable contribution that environmental aesthetics can make to environmentalism. Allen Carlson, a pioneer in environmental aesthetics, and Sheila Lintott, who has published widely in aesthetics, combine important historical essays on the appreciation of nature with the best contemporary research in the field. They begin with the scientific, artistic, and aesthetic foundations of current environmental beliefs and attitudes. Then they offer views on the conceptualization of nature and the various debates on how to properly and respectfully appreciate nature. The book introduces positive aesthetics, the belief that everything in nature is essentially beautiful, even the devastation caused by earthquakes or floods, and the essays in the final section explicitly bring together aesthetics, ethics, and environmentalism to explore the ways in which each might affect the others. Book jacket.
Nature and Landscape
Nature and Landscape - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nature and Landscape write by Allen Carlson. This book was released on 2009. Nature and Landscape available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The roots of environmental aesthetics reach back to the ideas of eighteenth-century thinkers who found nature an ideal source of aesthetic experience. Today, having blossomed into a significant subfield of aesthetics, environmental aesthetics studies and encourages the appreciation of not just natural environments but also human-made and human-modified landscapes. Nature and Landscape is an important introduction to this rapidly growing area of aesthetic understanding and appreciation. Allen Carlson begins by tracing the development of the field's historical background, and then surveys contemporary positions on the aesthetics of nature, such as scientific cognitivism, which holds that certain kinds of scientific knowledge are necessary for a full appreciation of natural environments. Carlson next turns to environments that have been created or changed by humans and the dilemmas that are posed by the appreciation of such landscapes. He examines how to aesthetically appreciate a variety of urban and rural landscapes and concludes with a discussion of whether there is, in general, a correct way to aesthetically experience the environment.
