Main entry:

Burckhardt, Lucius, author.

Title & Author:

Why is landscape beautiful? : the science of strollology / Lucius Burckhardt ; edited by Markus Ritter and Martin Schmitz.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2015]
©2015

Description:

319 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Notes:
Originally published in German as Warum ist Landschaft schön? Die Spaziergangswissenschaft. Translated from German into English by Jill Denton.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index.
Strollology: a minor subject / in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist -- [I.] Landscape : Landscape development and the structure of society (1977) -- Why is landscape beautiful? (1979) -- Ecology: only a fashion? (1984) -- Nature is invisible (1989) -- "Nature has neither core nor outer rind ..." (1989) -- Aesthetics and ecology (1990) -- Aesthetics of the landscape (1991) -- Landscape is transitory (1994) -- Wasteland as context: is there any such thing as the postmodern landscape? (1998) -- Landscape (1998) -- [II.] Gardens and the art of gardening : Gardening: an art and a necessity (1977) -- No man's land (1980) -- Destroyed by tender loving care (1981) -- Reason slumbers in the garden (1988) -- Gardens are images (1989) -- In nature's garden (1989) -- Nature and the garden in classicism (1963) -- Garden design: new trends (1981) -- A critique of the art of gardening (1983) -- Views from Mount Furka (1988) -- Natura Maesta (1999) -- Current trends in garden design (1999) -- [III.] Strollology : Strollological observations on perception of the environment and the tasks facing our generation (1996) -- The science of strollology (1995) -- What do explorers discover? (1987) -- Mountaineering on Sylt / in conversation with Nikolaus Wyss (1989) -- A matter of looking and recognizing / in conversation with Thomas Fuchs (1993) -- Strollology: a new science (1998) -- On movement and vantage points: the strollologist's experience (1999)
Translated from the German.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9783035604078
303560407X
(PDF)
9783035604139
(EPUB)
9783035604153
3035604134
3035604150
9783035604146
3035604142

Subject:

Landscape architecture Philosophy.
Environment (Aesthetics)
Gardens Philosophy.
Architecture du paysage Philosophie.
Environnement (Esthétique)
Jardins Philosophie.
21.74 landscape architecture and garden design.
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
landschap
landscape
tuinen
gardens
landschapsbeleving
landscape experience
observatie
observation
lopen
walking
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Essays.
Interviews.

Added entries:

Ritter, Markus, editor.
Schmitz, Martin, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291040
Call No.: BIB 234337
Status: Available