Philosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy

Volume 12, Issue 23, April 2004

Adriana Veríssimo Serrão
Pages 87-102

Filosofia e Paisagem Aproximações a uma Categoria Estética

The article aims, first of all, to understand the general significance of the category of landscape in the Contemporary aesthetical reflection. In a second moment it analyzes how some doctrines have discussed the following aspects of the problem: a. the definition of landscape as an intrinsic value of nature; b. the place of the aesthetical appreciation of landscape; c. the relations between aesthetical attitude and ethical respect to landscape.