Western attitude towards environment can be better understood by studying the evolution of the form of the garden along the centuries. The passage from the medieval orchard to the baroque garden, from this one to the English garden and then the shift toward trekking and mountaineering mark the paradoxical affirmation of a figure of rationalism and modernity which culminates in the primacy of the sense of sight and the evacuation of the savage side of Nature and its transformation into a plastified photo. To be up to facing the environmental challenge of the XXI century, we’d rather take conscience of these imaginal dynamics and rediscover materiality and contradictoriality of man as well as of nature.
Au-delà du jardin : une des sources imaginales du problème de l’environnement
Fabio D'Andrea
2017
Abstract
Western attitude towards environment can be better understood by studying the evolution of the form of the garden along the centuries. The passage from the medieval orchard to the baroque garden, from this one to the English garden and then the shift toward trekking and mountaineering mark the paradoxical affirmation of a figure of rationalism and modernity which culminates in the primacy of the sense of sight and the evacuation of the savage side of Nature and its transformation into a plastified photo. To be up to facing the environmental challenge of the XXI century, we’d rather take conscience of these imaginal dynamics and rediscover materiality and contradictoriality of man as well as of nature.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
