Approaches to Landscape

ISBN-13: 9780333693933 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str.

Richard Muir

Opis

Approaches to Landscape introduces and explores the main perspectives in this increasingly popular field of study. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout with relevant photographs, maps and diagrams, it provides a comprehensive review of the literature and key concepts for Landscape Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Landscape History and Landscape Heritage.- The Practice of Landscape History.- The Structure and Scenery Approach.- Landscapes of the Mind.- Landscape, Politics and Power.- The Evaluation of Landscape.- Symbolic Landscapes.- The Aesthetic Approach.- Landscape and Place.

O autorze

RICHARD MUIR has written more than twenty books on various aspects of landscape. He is Senior Lecturer in Geography, University College of Ripon & York St John.