Landscape Planning & Horticulture
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A study on the beauty of landscapes based on the discourse of Augustin BERQUE (1942-) et al.
Naoki Takeda
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2017 Volume 19 Pages 19-31

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Based on the discourse of Augustin BERQUE et al., I set the following hypothesis. "The beauty of the landscape is not in the environment but in the interior of the person who sees it. The beauty of the landscape is established by education related to painting and literature, etc. Without such education, the beauty of the landscape is not recognized." However, when trying to express the beauty of the landscape based on the hypothesis of BERQUE et al., a feeling of incompatibility arises. Apart from the beauty of landscapes established by education, there arises a question as to whether there exists an environment that humans instinctively recognize positively at the genetic level. Therefore, I present typical cases of landscape which looks beautiful by education according to hypothesis of BERQUE et al., and typical case of environment which looks beautiful at the genetic level. I analyzed each typical case by using the past research. As a result, the hypothesis of BERQUE et al., is correct if it limits to the beauty of landscape created after the time the concept of landscape was established. But actually while the area of landscape contains an environment that looks beautiful at the genetic level that existed before the time when the concept of landscape was established, the beauty of all landscapes is not said to be attributed to education. In this regard, the hypothesis of BERQUE et al., is wrong.
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