Continuing with "Character in Landscape", from John A. Jakle's book "The Visual Elements in Landscape,  initiated in Post #  179.  I am indebted to Prof. Jakle for kindly allowing me to quote freely from his book. A rather long exposition will be required because, in my view, the ideas treated there, together with those put forward by Kevin Lynch (see Posts #168 to #173 ), are key elements of what landscape appreciation may be about.

 Jakle discerns the following main themes that contribute to landscape character:

    Scale

    Seeing in detail

    Style

    Rhyme and Rhythm

    Opening as gaps

    Face

    Light

    Change

   The above themes are closely intertwined one with another and, although they may be discussed separately for the purposes of study, they should be best regarded as components of the whole. Components in the sense that, they should not be considered independently of the composite unity they integrate. "Indeed, there is no such thing as a free component floating around independently of the composite unity that it integrates." (Maturana's Ontology of Observing).

  Of the list above I propose to start with "Seeing in detail" and then proceed to Scale and Style. Rhyme and Rhythm were already outlined in Post #179. The last four themes will be left for future Posts.