Influence of values on taste
Abstract
Shelley Egoz's dialogue with conventional and organic farmers confirms
landscape types correlate with paradigms. Landscape architects engage in enhancing and
creating environments for communities. One of
the concerns is aesthetics and the form of the
landscape. That form, however, might take on a
contrasting meaning to different individuals or
communities. Cultural landscapes, whether
designed by professional landscape architects or
created by others, represent a range of possible
ways of life and meanings ascribed to those
landscapes. The form of the farmed landscape is
thus not only a portrayal of technologies but also
displays people's world-views. The exploration
of what constructs the aesthetic appreciation of
these forms, or landscape tastes, is a pertinent
question to landscape architects.... [Show full abstract]