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...
Christian Norberg-Schulz, a Norwegian architect (1926-2000), notable for being one of the first to bring Heidegger's thinking into architectural theory. He...
As said in last Post, Norberg-Schulz distinguishes four classes of "archetypical natural places", viz., romantic, cosmic, classical and complex. Starting with...
This anecdota has nothing at all to do with landscape appreciation…but I am sure it will amuse those among you that are Professors or wanting-to-be ones. In...
About the romantic landscape, Norberg-Schulz goes on saying: (quotes from his Genius Loci, pp.42; my highlightings) "As a whole, the environment seems to make...
A question: In considering 'romantic landscapes' through paintings one might be led led to associate the landscape type or style with an artistic style; in ...
From landscaperian last Post: "Since the images presented by Jorge here as illustrations of the romantic landscape are also representations created by...
Hello from Tasmania, Australia. One way we express our appreciation of landscape is by writing about it. So I thought some in this group may be interested in...
To characterize those landscapes that Norberg-Schulz typified as "cosmic" one might begin in the negative sense: those traits that were used to characterize...
The following are excerpts from Norberg-Schulz' notes on the cosmic landscape: "As a whole, the environment seems to make an absolute and eternal order...
I might be taking too many liberties with Norberg-Schulz' characterization of the Cosmic Landscape but I'd venture to say that a landscape may convey the...
I have been looking at the landscapes IR- fotographed by Glen Ryan. Amazing images! Excelente! A propos of his "Invisible Landscapes", this quote of Imam...
In his Message #208 Jorge writes: "I might be taking too many liberties with Norberg-Schulz' characterization of the Cosmic Landscape but I'd venture to say...
Landscaperian: I do appreciate your concerns about taking too many liberties with Norberg-Schulz categorization. I am aware that this is a slippery subject and...
Another landscape type, as proposed by Norberg-Schulz is the Classical Landscape. If the romantic landscape may be characterized by an indefinite multitude of...
The classical landscape is further characterized by what Norberg-Schulz calls "a human fellowship" with the surroundings. The individual is not absorbed by an...
Here is another of the Cezanne's depictions of Mont Sainte-Victoire which may be taken to illustrate the concept of Classical Landscape: Mont Sainte-Victoire...
Not to think that Trolls are a thing of the past. They are still very much around in Norberg-Schulz' beloved Nordic Forests, as this road sign shows ...
Jorge is quite right in advising caution when dealing with the influence of landscape on religion (his Post #214) IMHO, the subject is plagued by what may be...
I have just started the construction of a parent website dedicated to the subject of landscape styles .For reasons that will be explained in full later on, I'm...
Please note: I have been told that some members did not get a notification of my latest Post below. I am copying and re-sending. If you did receive it, please...
Buenisimo! The Page of Norberg-Shultz with the intercalated photos of Signore Galuzzi, very good! And excellent fotografy too. I must say that I was sceptical...
I was puzzled on reading Galuzzi's inclusion of Bolivia in his sentence : "Libia, Namibia, Bolivia…il deserto ". Afterwards, looking at the remarkable...
The Galuzzi photographs in "The Cosmic Landscape Luca Galuzzi's illustrations of Norberg-Schulz text" so exquisitely capture their subject, the desert,...
Tim: Perhaps the following quote will make for an added argument. Our much quoted Norberg-Schulz eloquently writes in his book Nightlands (pp.15): " …But...
Having reviewed the romantic, classical and cosmic landscape according to the ideas proposed by Norberg-Schulz, it is time now to present his last type: the...
Now that we've covered all four of the Norberg-Schulz types of landscapes perhaps it is the opportunity of clarifying what sort of 'types' they are supposed to...
In his Post #225, Eddington7 wrote: I am sort of puzzled about how it came to be that the four types became 'styles' when N-S ideas were quoted or interpreted...
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