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Johann Georg Sulzer – A Forgotten Father of Environmental Aesthetics
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics, Volume 13 / 2021 |
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| Keywords | J. G. Sulzer; Aesthetics; Sciences and Aesthetics; Environmental Aesthetics; Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics |
| Description | The main topic of the chapter is an introduction and analysis of the Johann Georg Sulzer’s views as described in his Dialogues on the Beauty of Nature (Unterredungen über die Schönheit der Natur, 1750), situating it within the body of Sulzer’s work, and highlight the theme of the aesthetic appreciation of nature which appears, albeit in a variety of contexts, throughout Sulzer’s works. From today’s perspective, Sulzer’s contribution is intriguing when considered in relation to the ideas of Enlightenment natural philosophy but also beacuse of similarities between Sulzer’s approach, based on the knowledge of environmental sciences, and current Carlson’s environmental aesthetics. |
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