I would like to propose a meaning for landscape which, I think, is well suited for landscape appreciation and has the merits of being simple, concise and wide...
Re., definition posted by Jorgeg in #50: "Landscapes are experienced open spaces".I'd think it is interesting to compare it with that of the ELC that I quoted...
landscaperian
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Jan 6, 2005 8:33 am
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Answering Landscaperian post #51: Re., your question regarding considering <landscape as space> in my definition in post #50, versus <landscape as area> in the...
Since cloudscapes and seascapes have been mentioned here in recent Posts I thought of presenting some illustrations. I selected three paintings by Eugene...
... Jorge, thanks for posting the images by Boudin. I'm familiar with some of his oil paintings rather than the pastel and oil on paper studies of clouds....
Jorgeg in Post 50, after proposing a rather original definition of landscapes, says that it is particularly suited for landscape appreciation. I'd like to take...
pibe@...
Jan 18, 2005 3:47 pm
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Ellen - Thanks for this interesting info. It was thought-provoking. Alison ... From: Ellen Fernandez-Sacco To: landscape-appreciation@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Pibe's endorsement of that comment from Phil Leinart, "It is up to the viewer of the landscape - be it painter, ecologist, poet, paleontologist, tourist,...
Peter Willis
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Jan 19, 2005 12:35 pm
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First, I want to thank Pibe (Post #55) for "endorsing" my thoughts regarding the diversity –i.e. the range of variability – in "landscape appreciation"...
This post got bounced for some reason; I'm sending it again. Thanks to jorge for remembering my "obsession" for clouds while posting the Boudin pieces. The...
Dr. Lars Brabyn has recently joined our Group. Brabyn's PhD Thesis, (Un. of Canterbury, NZ) is, in my opinion, a remarkable piece of work .The full text can...
Peter Willis, in post #57, raises what I'd call a capital question. Capital in general and especially in relation with the current Thread on Landscape...
Continuing the subject of bohemian dialogue from post #62… through proper dialogue we may obtain a common pool of shared meaning. But, although we may be...
This month we feature a landscape photograph by Debbie, an Scottish photographer who recently joined oour Discussion Group. Continuing the "My Sense of...
Greetings to all! I’m a new Member in this group and, my impression is that I’ll feel at home here. I thought so the minute I saw in the front page that...
Tittivulus:In case you've missed it (although you don't seem to miss much) Jacques Lacan's ideas on "gazing back" are developed and enlarged in James Elkins...
Thank you for your kind words. I must be one of the majority of people who falls into a category between the 'elite' (as in those who have been priviledged...
Debbie's contribution was a class act. I am immured in the university world but I found her comments about logical rational knowledge and emotional knowledge...
Peter Willis
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Feb 22, 2005 11:40 am
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Jorgeg: In your post you write, and I quote: “landscape appreciation, (as well as musical, painting and the other appreciations) was a term coined by that...
Hello, At first, I apologize about my English. About the question of elite and common people, I think that it’s a crucial question. If we are not able to...
IÂąd just like to add to the current discussion that there are variable Ĺ’reasonsÂą for people to appreciate landscape, and various mechanisms through which we...
And now I will step off my soapbox and go lurk in my little corner and let the more learned discuss far more important topics than emotional content of...
I have posted some of my favorite landscape related web sites in the Group "Links" section, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/landscape- appreciation/links (cut...
Jamie Bradbeer wrote a book (Imagining Curriculum: Practical intelligence in Teaching New York: Teachers College Press 2002) about committed teachers he had...
Peter Willis
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Mar 2, 2005 10:10 am
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THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL INSIGHTFUL PIECE. A VERY COMMON EXPERIENCE I WOULD THINK. AND YES, YOU DO HAVE TO DO THE SLOG-WORK PRIOR TO EXPERIENCING THE ECSTASY...
The image for this month is a painting by P. Brueghel : "Carrying of the Cross". As to the connection between this painting and the landscape concept... you'll...
Don Thompson in his Post 73 comments on agricultural landscapes. I had given the subject some thought, mainly because they are so ubiquitous. In most cases...
landscaperian
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Mar 11, 2005 4:38 pm
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Further to landscaperian’s response to my post#73 I can contribute a little now (I’m a little pressed for time this week so it will have to be brief).... ...