ABSTRACT

Traditional aesthetics is often associated with the appreciation of art, Allen Carlson shows how much of our aesthetic experience does not encompass art but nature, in our response to sunsets, mountains or horizons or more mundane surroundings, like gardens or the view from our window.
He argues that knowledge of what it is we are appreciating is essential to having an appropriate aesthetic experience and that scientific understanding of nature can enhance our appreciation of it, rather than denigrate it.

part |2 pages

Part I THE APPRECIATION OF NATURE

chapter 1|14 pages

THE AESTHETICS OF NATURE

chapter 2|12 pages

UNDERSTANDING AND AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE

chapter 4|14 pages

APPRECIATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

chapter 6|30 pages

NATURE AND POSITIVE AESTHETICS

chapter 7|24 pages

APPRECIATING ART AND APPRECIATING NATURE

part |2 pages

Part II LANDSCAPES, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE