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The pragmatic picturesque : the philosophy of Central Park
In Fritz Allhoff & Dan O'Brien (eds.), Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone: Cultivating Wisdom. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 148–160 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Invention of the Picturesque Style Olmsted and Central Park: Ethics, Politics, Aesthetics “The Gates” and the Meaning of the Park Notes.Author's Profile
pragmatic picturesque ‐ philosophy of the Central Park New York's Central Park, one of world's iconic works of landscape architecture ‐ of global recognition Immanuel Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment ‐ landscape gardening, form of painting, differing from two‐dimensional canvases picturesque style invention ‐ artistic principles of Central Park and Olmsted's work economic and social developments ‐ new opportunities for English landowners picturesque, in respect to English garden or park ‐ and series of stylistic variations English picturesque garden, of the eighteenth century ‐ exemplary cases of the paradox of the frame Olmsted and Central Park ‐ and ethics, politics and aesthetics Olmsted, two basic forms of recreation ‐ “exertive” and “receptive” “The Gates” and meaning of the park ‐ not being an unprecedented intervention in the park
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