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Why is landscape beautiful? The science of strollology
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ISBN: 9783035604078 9783035604146 303560407X Year: 2015 Publisher: Basel : Birkhauser,

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Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) taught architectural theory at Kassel University and, in the 1980s, coined the term "Promenadology"or the science of Strollology and developed this into a complex and far-sighted planning and design discipline. Given that "the landscape" as an idea only exists in our heads, Burckhardt's writings (and drawings) are not so much concerned with beautiful vistas, but focus instead on the multi-faceted interaction a simple walk-taker has with his environment. To those who observe the environment with their eyes wide open, interesting questions will arise again and again; for example, why "city" and "country" can no longer be separated so easily in the face of progressive urbanization. Or why we consider a viaduct to be beautiful, but a nuclear power station an intrusion. And also, why gardens are works of art and should therefore be appraised as such. This book contains 28 texts by the design and planning critic, for the first time in English, with the focus on landscapes, gardens as an art form and the science of strollology.


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Le temps du paysage : aux origines de la révolution esthétique
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ISBN: 9782358721912 2358721913 Year: 2020 Publisher: Paris La Fabrique

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En 1790, Kant introduit l'art des jardins dans les beaux-arts et les scènes de la nature déchaînée dans la philosophie. La même année, Wordsworth lit les signes de la révolution sur les routes et les rivières de la campagne française tandis que Burke dénonce ces révolutionnaires niveleurs qui appliquent à la société la symétrie des jardins à la française. Le paysage est ainsi bien plus qu'un spectacle qui charme les yeux ou élève l'âme. Il est une forme d'unité de la diversité sensible qui bouleverse les règles de l'art et métaphorise l'harmonie ou le désordre des communautés humaines. À travers un siècle de débats sur l'art du paysage, Jacques Rancière poursuit son enquête sur cette révolution des formes de l'expérience sensible qui unit et excède les bouleversements de l'esthétique et ceux de la politique.

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