PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPE. The relationship existing between society, land and landscape is complex. People's attitudes continuously reflect in their behavior, notably patterns of consumption via existing recreational activities, as well as in their expressed preferences. Society attaches great significance to land. As evident in the movie Midnight in Paris, Gil Pender an American Screenwriter falls in love with the Paris landscape while he visits his fiancée. He has possession of the idea of 1920s, Paris and all the artists that lived there at the time. Moreover, he’s magically whisked by the midnight landscape view of Paris which transports him back to the past …show more content…
It makes him involved in a place and time that seems over enchanting than his own. The film conveys the idea that one is usually longing for what they do not have, and the past is always intriguing to those who never experienced it in one way or the other. Moreover, while Gil longs for the early 1920 Paris, his fiancée is has developed an interest for the 1890s. The movie tries to portray how the past seems more appealing than the present a device that is determined by one's attitude. The sense of place also emerges as a strong character in the film. The film poses the feeling of romanticism and traditions of Paris city which contribute strongly to the nostalgic feeling. There exist various things about the nature of most foreign cities that does them part of the past even though they thrive in a similar way today. The society's preferences and attitudes have turned to be dominated by traditionally professional views. These opinions continue to …show more content…
Their attitudes are shaped by various different factors. Some of the factors include Age, both economic and social status, their ethnic origin, the familiarity of the place or residence, whether rural or urban. All this factors are significant when determining environmental relationships. Journeys are cconsidered as the midwives of thoughts that people tend to have. Moreover, places always pose as being conducive to the existing internal conversations unlike moving ships, trains or planes. A correlation exists between the things we have ability to see and the thoughts we develop in our minds. It is because large thoughts may require larger views while new thoughts require new places. Therefore, the introspective reflection that are liable to stall appear to be helped along by the flowing of the
Next I will talk about the social situations that affect the travel to long haul destinations. The poverty in a lot of long haul destination countries reaches the extreme levels where beggars are around every corner. Tourists have to be really careful with showing what they have and showing their wealth as the beggars end up making them feel
Those who make a habit out of traveling the world, more often than not, become more of an extrovert than they may have been prior to their many journeys. It is no secret that those who make the choice to travel more often have a bit of extroversion in them, however, even the least social of any group typically find a way out of their shell when traveling. No matter the destination, it is the various interactions with people from foreign backgrounds, beliefs and cultures that present a challenge to the normality that most individuals cling to. These initial interactions create a comfortability, or openness rather, to engage with new people and see humankind through an altered, more optimistic lens than once
In chapters two and three titled “Sites” and “Movements” respectively, Howard makes the case that there is a “dialectical” relationship between the subject and the landscape (both social and physical) and
From Gil’s journey through the past, it helped him determine what needed to be changed in his present and through this journey it gave him the firmness to correct it. The most anticipated and climatic events in the movie would be when Gil finally comes to his senses and breaks off his engagement with Inez, his materialistic fiance. It is Gil’s fixation with the the past era that diverts him from the monstrosity of his current life. It is clearly noted throughout the film that Gil and Inez are not suitable for eachother. Inez, who seems to only value money, while Gil loves literature. He has a deep passion for his writing and his love for some of the best writers who resided in Paris during the 1920’s. From Gil going back into the 1920’s, he
In Charles Rearick’s book, Paris Dreams, Paris Memories, he describes the various ways in which Paris is “represented” through various images he identifies as the City of Light, Old Paris, the Capital of Pleasures, and Paname. Rearick further writes how and why these images of Paris came of importance and how they shaped the geographical layout of the city we know today. All of these images together have likewise produced the city of Paris while also providing the framework of Parisian events and experiences.
The Impressionist paintings usually had as its subject the outdoors, with figures enjoying their leisure time. Although one might argue that this subject had been common in French painting since Medieval Times, The Impressionists shifted the subjects matter from the Ancient Regime’s scenes depicting the high classes, to “scenes of bourgeois domesticity and of more risqué forms of urban entertainment”. The Haussmannization of Paris, the egalitarian mindset born from the revolutions, and the facilitation of transportation made the bourgeoisie able to engage in outdoor activities like “boating, strolling”, and luncheons, which before were exclusive to the elites. Because of this, The Impressionists, lead my Monet who picked up from the Realist and Naturalist Schools, began depicting trivial activities of leisure, popular destinations surrounding
Focusing on the agricultural landscaping, as well as the its management, reality, and metaphor, Beilin utilized the landscape photography to further unpacking the meanings of the farmers’ photographs to create a more vivid atmosphere where famers, and policy makers could have more social interactions and make more proper in situ decisions. 18 farm families were given the chance to capture their landscape, and interpret their perceptions to not only the researcher, but their colleagues.
For this paper I have selected two landscapes; the first painting is Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct by Theodore Gericault from the 19th century, which showcases a fairly bright and colorful presentation of a landscape. The landscape depicts ruins from the Italian countryside and is part of a set of four paintings depicting different times of day. I chose this particular landscape because I enjoyed the feelings of hope and optimism that the painting inspires out of the viewer. My second piece is View of Toledo by El Greco from the 16th century, which is much darker and is composed of a only a few colors. The painting is one of two surviving landscapes from the Greek artist and depicts the city of Toledo along with the surrounding grassy
The comedy- romance movie “Midnight in Paris”, directed and written by Woody Allen, portrays a story of a nostalgic writer on his vacation with his wife in the beautiful city of Paris. The character, played by actor Owen Wilson, is a successful writer from Hollywood having major setbacks in his current working novel. Gil has deep feelings to the remarkable and beautiful feature of the city. He takes a car on midnight to the adventures 1920s that he claims he will get inspiration. There he meets all the people that are legendary poets, artists, and writers. However, the theme of the movie has some confusing misdirection than the way Allen wants to interpret his work. Moreover, the movies lightning and cinematographic effects contribute to the confusion.
I have titled my essay, - Reshaping Reality and Artist Representation in Landscape Photography. Some may argue that photography is a reshape of the real world. As it is not what we see with our naked eye. The camera isn’t a strong enough tool to show a true representation of what the eye sees. This is where the argument stems from. Landscape photography is traditionally naturalistic. Therefore it is expected to be truthful, with no dramatic adjustments that instantly change the truth of the image. Landscape is a very powerful genre of photography; it can awaken memories of travel, smell, date, time, atmosphere or an experience in a particular place. It is up to the camera, or photographer to unravel these aspects? Which the audience feels looking at an image. I believe it’s the artist, as it is their choice to photograph the site. Therefore, I will be looking into artists that argue back at this argument.
Claude Lorrain’s Pastoral Landscape with the Ponte-Molle portrays this message by his elegant portrayal of the landscape.
From the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries, the industrial revolution led to massive transformations in the physical, social and psychological landscapes of Victorian Britain. Rural agrarian societies based on self-sufficiency were being replaced by urban city centres and mechanised modes of mass production. The railway extended into the natural landscape of the countryside, connecting previously isolated farming communities to the newly industrialised cities, enabling increased mobility and communication between rural and urban communities. The representation of landscape in much of nineteenth century literature illustrates the effects of industrialism on the natural world and reflects the corresponding changes in societal structures, lifestyles and ideologies. Through the representation of landscape, writers are able to address the rising tensions between the rural and the urban, the country and the city, the natural and the artificial, as these worlds become increasingly connected by advancements in technology. The choice of setting and means of describing the landscape provide insight into how these industrial changes were being received. In this essay, I will be discussing the representation of landscape in two texts, Hard Times (1854) by Charles Dickens and Cousin Phillis (1864) by Elizabeth Gaskell. The industrial cityscape of Coketown in Hard Times and the natural landscape of Hope Farm in Cousin Phillis map the effects of industrialism on the environment and
“Landscape is produced” is Don Mitchell’s first axiom in “New Axioms for Reading the Landscape: Paying Attention to Political Economy and Social Justice” (Mitchell 2007). In developing his first axiom, Mitchell moved away from previously established ideologies of geographers like Peirce Lewis. Lewis believed that landscape was an unwitting autobiography meaning that it tells a lot more about us than we think it
2. ‘Travel invariably provokes questions-questions as to what exactly are we experiencing, what it means and, more troublingly, who we ourselves actually are.’ How far and in what ways is this true of the three texts you have chosen to prepare for your coursework?
The Seattle Area is home to a number of masterpieces of 20th century landscape architecture. During the first week of class, the students and the instructor will collectively decide on one or more landscapes that they are interested in visiting and will be asked to note what Saturdays they are available. We will then visit and explore the site(s) together, possibly with a guest speaker, on a Saturday. You will sketch the site and photograph it. I will bring copies of a couple of quick readings about the project, which we will read on site. And then you will be asked to create an illustrated essay that uses imagery and short blurbs to talk about some of the ideas discussed in the readings and that you observe. The purpose of the assignment is to explore how combining imagery and short blurbs can be used to narrate the history of a site, its design, and how its design has been received. The assignment is meant to get you thinking about how photos can be used to promote ideas and represent experience, as well as how photos found in blogs and magazines can be deceptive— creating visions of a site that are much different than the reality. Each essay must include an introductory blurb between 150 and 400 words and a minimum of 15 original images (including a site plan, at least two sketches analyzing detail or section, and 3‐5 images that show a specific sequence you’ve moved through within the landscape). Each image should be associated