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THE SYMBOLISM OF HABITAT: An Interpretation of Landscape in the Arts - APPLETON
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “As new hardcover with like dust jacket.”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- N/A
- Subject
- Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, American / General, Aesthetics
- ISBN
- 9780295969404
- Subject Area
- Art, Philosophy
- Publication Name
- Symbolism of Habitat : an Interpretation of Landscape in the Arts
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 126 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295969407
ISBN-13
9780295969404
eBay Product ID (ePID)
83576
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
126 Pages
Publication Name
Symbolism of Habitat : an Interpretation of Landscape in the Arts
Language
English
Subject
Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, American / General, Aesthetics
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
89-024811
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
700
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Symbol, Habitat and the Aesthetic Myth The Analysis of Landscape and the Symbolism of Opportunity The Proof is in the Pudding Notes References Index
Synopsis
When architects create a landscape or building, when artists depict a landscape, and when poets write of nature, they recreate certain aesthetic elements observed in nature. Jay Appleton asserts in an insightful analysis that these aesthetic values in landscape are not found in an elevated philosophy of aesthetics or in a culturally bound artistic symbolism but in the biological and behavioral needs that we share with other animals. Thus, the aesthetics of landscape may be approached through other areas of human experience and science, especially the natural and behavioral sciences. They are expressed in symbolism drawn from a primal habitat in which all animals seek survival. The symbolism we consciously recognize in the arts is of a purposeful religious, mythological, or other culturally specific type. But in the landscape that lies beyond, behind, and around the human, animal, or artifactual subjects exists another symbolism. Appleton believes we should consider the possibility of a natural symbolism representing elements that are crucial to survival in the habitat of living creatures. We need no special education or cultural conditioning to appreciate these symbols, because they speak to our basic biological and behavioral needs. Appleton also proposes terminology for describing the aesthetic elements in landscape. Going beyond concrete nouns--desert, jungle, mountain--he suggests abstract terms indicating features that increase the likelihood of survival: prospect, which allows an animal to see from an elevated place; refuge, which allows it to hide; and hazard, which stirs a feeling of being threatened and wanting to escape. The perception of these elements in a depicted landscape both verifies an individuals ability to survive and elicits an emotional response similar to that felt when they encountered the natural environment. Appleton's natural symbolism of habitat has applications in the visual, architectural, and literary arts. Besides explaining the appeal of depicted landscapes and constructions, he provocatively proposes that no artist (or architect or landscape architect) can ignore these natural elements in creating a pleasurable landscape or created environment. His concluding chapter is an analysis of several paintings, a series of drawings, photographs of landscapes and street scenes, gardens, commercial facades, a high rise building, a row of cottages, and a play structure in terms of his proposed symbolism of habitat. The results are intriguing for anyone interested in landscape design, architecture, and the philosophy of aesthetics, not to mention all who have been moved by a painter's landscape or by a nature poem.
LC Classification Number
NX650.L34A67 1990
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