FAH355H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Denis Cosgrove
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Chapter one: land into landscape landscape is already an artifice before it"s a subject of art looking shapes our understanding/interpretations of it. (pg. 1) landscape pictures create more landscape pictures as well as visual prejudices. Kenneth clark study of landscape painting. = countryside; art" = translation from nature to painted image by a person with vision, flair and technical skill: land as raw material to be processed by artist pg 3, land into landscape; landscape into art. 5: needs to be framed to define the landscape, could be focused and organized by its relation to non-landscape (human figures, needs narrative/argument, landscape is aesthetically processed and arranged by artistic vision, ready to be painted pg. 7: responses and interpretations of landscape changes as human grows from childhood to maturity; also cultures value land differently. Ansel adams (photographer: trying to capture the emotions + atmosphere he felt when taking photographs of landscape. (subjective) pg.
