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- Title
WILDNESS IN THE ENGLISH GARDEN TRADITION: A REASSESSMENT OF THE PICTURESQUE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
- Authors
Brook, Isis
- Abstract
The picturesque is usually interpreted as an admiration of 'picture-like,' and thus inauthentic, nature. In contrast, this paper sets out an interpretation that is more in accord with the contemporary love of wildness. This paper will briefly cover some garden history in order to contextualize the discussion and proceed by reassessing the picturesque through the eighteenth century works of Price and Watelet. It will then identify six themes in their work (variety, intricacy, engagement, time, chance, and transition) and show that, far from forcing a 'picture-like' stereotype on nature, the picturesque guided the way for a new appreciation of wildness—one that resonates with contemporary environmental philosophy.
- Subjects
ENGLISH gardens; LANDSCAPE architecture; GARDEN styles; LANDSCAPE gardening; GARDEN historians; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL justice
- Publication
Ethics & the Environment, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
1085-6633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/ETE.2008.13.1.105