• The Aesthetics of the Human Environment

    Author(s):
    Arnold Berleant (see profile)
    Date:
    1977
    Subject(s):
    Environment (Aesthetics), Cities and towns--Study and teaching
    Item Type:
    Conference paper
    Conf. Title:
    VII International Congress of Aesthetics 1972
    Conf. Org.:
    International Association for Aesthetics
    Conf. Loc.:
    Bucharest, Romania
    Conf. Date:
    1972
    Tag(s):
    human environment, aesthetic engagement, urban aesthetics, urban experience, Environment, Environmental aesthetics, Urbanism
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/kwr3-nj97
    Abstract:
    The interest in environmental aesthetic that politicians and con¬servationists have recently been showing seems clear in its intent. It appears to be a belated yet important effort to save the values of our natural world from final exploitation and the irrevocable disfigurement and 1088 that must follow. If it is to result in more than a program for removing billboards and hiding junkyards, this concern with environment should be seen as a cue for the artist and the aesthetician to develop ima¬ges, concepts, and principles that will articulate and rationalize the con¬victions that have produced these efforts. It may, however, seem as though to do this requires an act of philosophical creation ex nihilo, for philosophers have never devoted much attention to such questions, and with the exception of a few thinkers like Kant, Ruskin, and Santayana, they have indeed ignored the aesthetics of nature altogether. At most, aesthetics has turned to nature for inspiration or as a model for emulation, but never as an occasion for perceptual experience analogous to the expe¬rience of art.
    Notes:
    Proceedings of VII International Congress of Aesthetics 1972 (Bucharest, Romania: II, Editura Academiei Republic Socialiste Romanie, l977), pp. 345 348.
    Metadata:
    xml
    Published as:
    Conference proceeding     Show details
    Publisher:
    Editura Academiei Republic Scialiste Romanie
    Pub. Date:
    1977
    Proceeding:
    Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Aesthetics 1972
    Page Range:
    345 - 348
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial
    Share this:

    Downloads

    Item Name: pdf 1.-the-aesthetics-of-the-human-environment.pdf
      Download View in browser
    Activity: Downloads: 328

    Back to Deposits