Main entry:

Berleant, Arnold, 1932-

Title & Author:

Living in the landscape : toward an aesthetics of environment / Arnold Berleant.

Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©1997.

Description:

viii, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index.
Ch. 1. Aesthetics and Environment -- Ch. 2. An Emerging Aesthetics of Environment -- Ch. 3. Deconstructing Disney World -- Ch. 4. The Human Touch and the Beauty of Nature -- Ch. 5. Aesthetic Function -- Ch. 6. Environment and the Body -- Ch. 7. Architecture and the Aesthetics of Continuity -- Ch. 8. Education as Aesthetic -- Ch. 9. Aesthetics and Community -- Ch. 10. Reflections on a Reflection: Some Observations on Environmental Creativity -- Ch. 11. Sacred Environments.

Summary:

"In Living in the Landscape Arnold Berleant explores new ways of thinking about how we live - and might live - in the landscapes that enfold us. Through the concepts of "aesthetic engagement" and "environmental continuity," he proposes a new paradigm that offers a holistic approach to the meaning of place, and to the places of meaning in our lives." "Berleant addresses issues commonly associated with the environmental movement, such as preservation, pollution control, and quality of life. But his study draws from a wide range of disciplines and for that reason should also appeal to scholars and students interested in art and aesthetics, landscape architecture and planning, urban and environmental design, and cultural geography, as well as environmental studies."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0700608117 (alk. paper)
9780700608119 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape assessment.
Environment (Aesthetics)
Nature (Aesthetics)
Paysages Évaluation.
Environnement (Esthétique)
Nature (Esthétique)
Umwelt
Ästhetik
Landschaftsbild

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196110
Call No.: GF90.B4 1997
Status: Available