Burtynsky, Edward, "My Wish: Manufactured Landscapes and Green Education"
Edward Burtynsky’s photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.
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Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change
This book catalyzes the reflection about the aesthetic and spiritual dimension in the environmental humanities and offers transdisciplinary insights into the challenge of sustainability and ongoing changes in our society and environment.
"Aesthetic Disillusionment: Environment, Ethics, Art"
Does it make sense to say that one should not, or ought not, take pleasure in certain objects or events within the natural environment? Cheryl Foster explores ethical constraints on aesthetic activity and appreciation.
“Global Ideas in Local Places: The Humanities in Environmental Management”
Libby Robin explores four key drivers of conservation initiatives: place, landscape, biodiversity, and livelihood.
Nature as Model: Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design
This book shifts through historical material, Salomon de Caus’s writings, and his extant landscape designs to determine what is fact and what is fiction in the life of this polymathic and prolific figure.
Martin Schaffner, Ulm, Germany
An insight into the historic landscape of Württemberg.
The Culture of Landscape Transformation: From an Off-Limits, Open Sewer to the New Emscher Valley
The Hudson River School Emerges
The Hudson River School focused on capturing the natural grandeur of American landscapes.
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On the Rim: Looking for the Grand Canyon
A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.
Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations
Presents Mesopotamian civilization “from the ground up,” including with reference to a range of climatic and environmental factors.