Environmental aesthetics

Author: Arnold Berleant
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Environmental Aesthetics, which can be somewhat referred to as "applied aesthetics." Applied aesthetics refers to consciously incorporating aesthetic values and principles into daily life and activities with practical purposes, ranging from dressing, driving, to boating, building, and a series of other behaviors. The author of this book attempts to demonstrate the application of aesthetics in various specific environmental fields. From the early chapters that establish the theme of environmental aesthetics and reinterpret its fundamental concepts from new perspectives, to the final chapter that boldly updates the meaning of landscapes from an aesthetic dimension, the consistent driving force throughout the book is: redefining the environment and acknowledging its aesthetic connotations. Gradually, we will realize that the environment is not outside the human world, nor does it have superficial geographical boundaries. Aesthetics will help us deeply understand the inseparable relationship between nature and humanity from both abstract theories and concrete contexts. This book is aimed at readers of different types: scholars and students in philosophy, art and aesthetics, landscape architecture and planning, urban and environmental design, cultural geography, and environmental studies. Most importantly, it is for those who are interested in environmental issues and are willing to think about their meaning and dilemmas in a different way.