{"product_id":"nature-and-landscape-an-introduction-to-environmental-aesthetics-paperback","title":"Nature and Landscape: An Introduction to Environmental Aesthetics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roots of environmental aesthetics reach back to the ideas of eighteenth-century thinkers who found nature an ideal source of aesthetic experience. Today, having blossomed into a significant subfield of aesthetics, environmental aesthetics studies and encourages the appreciation of not just natural environments but also human-made and human-modified landscapes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e is an important introduction to this rapidly growing area of aesthetic understanding and appreciation. Allen Carlson begins by tracing the development of the field's historical background, and then surveys contemporary positions on the aesthetics of nature, such as scientific cognitivism, which holds that certain kinds of scientific knowledge are necessary for a full appreciation of natural environments. Carlson next turns to environments that have been created or changed by humans and the dilemmas that are posed by the appreciation of such landscapes. He examines how to aesthetically appreciate a variety of urban and rural landscapes and concludes with a discussion of whether there is, in general, a correct way to aesthetically experience the environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Carlson is professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAesthetics and the Environment: The Appreciation of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt and Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Glenn Parsons, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFunctional Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism: From Beauty to Duty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Human Environments\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Natural Environments\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773992173856,"sku":"9780231140416","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b0af87d4fe4fe600bb25fa48f1b2b70f.webp?v=1780437675","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nature-and-landscape-an-introduction-to-environmental-aesthetics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}