I've been reading lately a very interesting book "The Image of the City" by Kevin Lynch; (MIT Press, 1996). Although intended primarily for city planners or...
Continuing my latest Post on Lynch's "Image of the City" : perhaps it'd be better if I quote and then proceed to comment on its relevance to landscapes. " An...
Yet another concept devised by Kevin Lynch: Imageability. The term relates to the attributes of identity and structure in a mental image which were discussed...
As said, Kevin's Lynch's Imageability has merited considerable attention in the field of Landscape Studies. From all those I'd like to dwell, because of its...
Continuing with the concept of Imageability in the sense ascribed to it by Tveit, Ode & Fry (see ref. in Post #171): The authors define imageability as: ...
I proposed in previous Posts that the imageability of a landscape could be considered as a key criterion in appreciating a landscape. However, to say that...
Hallo everyone! A long time since I wrote anything here. But on reading Jorge's last Post I felt that I should sound some warning bells. He asks: " To what...
Regarding Tittivulus last Post (# 174): Thanks Tittivulus for sounding what you call "warning bells"; you are quite right in that one should be careful in...
Sense of place is for some synonymous with Spirit of Place. I thought worthwhile to call your attention to an Essay written by Alice Meynell, back in 1899. Her...
Bravo, Eddington7! The Meynell's quote you posted is much to the point. I do much agree with you that poetry can give us insights in nuce of the 'spirit of...
There is a remarkable poem by P.B. Shelley which is very much relevant to "Sense of Landscape; in this case a "sublime" landscape and the feelings aroused in...
Regarding the preceding Posts (#1575-178) on Poetry: I very much agree with Tittivulus in that "poetry can give us insights in nuce of the 'spirit of...
Dear Members: I intend to illustrate some points of our current subject (Character in Landscape) with landscapes paintings and photos. I suppose you'll all...
From the answers I've got so far, it looks like that many of you couldn't see the test- image inserted in my last Post. For the time being, till we solve the...
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...
Continued from last Message:- " The search for character of place invites the sightseer to look beneath a landscape's broad outline to study the particular...
Continued from last Post: Here are some details, slabs, of the Pontoise landscape on which our vision may linger for a while; and may Pissarro (æ"ì ) forgive...
The noun "synergy" is defined by the Oxford American Dictionary as "the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to...
Re., annrk question (post #185) of whether the concept of synergy may be applicable to the 'seeing in detail' that we are presently exploring I'd say that it...
The general question of 'Character in Landscape' subtends a particular question: Which type of persons among the whole population exposed to, or confronted...
In my last Post I proposed discussing the following questions : a) contrasting the attitudes of tourists with those of persons that are continuously...
The covers of New Yorker are notorious for their insightful humour and this one, of tourists photographing natives, illustrates genially some of what Willburnh...
In my last Post ( # 188) I raised the point that, within landscape tourism, one should reckon with varying levels of engagement with the landscape. The...
Since everyone here seemed to be talking about John Jakle book I had no choice but to buy the book; just to not be left out of the conversation. . I was...
In terms of landscape appreciation that you bring up, what about appreciation of landscape via the auto? In reading some texts I have the sense of a static...
Ellen Fernandez asks in her message# 192 : " In terms of landscape appreciation that you bring up, what about appreciation of landscape via the auto? " She...
The reason I do bring it up is precisely because it is a mode of appreciation when traveling in California. On Highway 1, which runs up along the coast, one...
The following excerpt from Jakle's book (pp. 155) is, IMO, very relevant to what Ellen Fernandez and Tittivulus have been discussing in latest Posts...
In a series of posts about components of Landscape Character, based on ideas proposed by John A. Jakle, we dwelt at some length on "Rhyme and Rhythm' and...
Very glad that the subject of styles in 'natural' landscapes has been brought up here; it interests me very much, partly, because the question is such a...
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