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Is Landscape . . . ? surveys multiple and myriad definitions of landscape. Rather than seeking a singular or essential understanding of the term, the collection postulates that landscape might be better read in relation to its cognate terms across expanded disciplinary and professional fields. The publication pursues the potential of multiple provisional working definitions of landscape to both disturb and develop received understandings of landscape architecture. These definitions distinguish between landscape as representational medium, academic discipline, and professional identity. Beginning with an inquiry into the origins of the term itself, Is Landscape . . . .' features essays by a dozen leading voices shaping the contemporary reading of landscape as architecture and beyond. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Notes on contributors 10 Foreword 14 Introduction: What is landscape? 16 Is landscape architecture? 24 1 Is landscape literature? 28 2 Is landscape painting? 59 3 Is landscape photography? 86 4 Is landscape gardening? 108 5 Is landscape ecology? 130 6 Is landscape planning? 153 7 Is landscape urbanism? 177 8 Is landscape infrast

Author

Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315697581

Subjects

Architecture, Art, Agriculture