In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man's relationship
to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change
occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world
and in the particular features which became privileged objects of
aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic
attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and
1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed
from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor.
Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in
the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based
on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now
contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the
late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude
shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres:
the development of an idea of 'landscape' in the geographical and
artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the
increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation
dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the
late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the
change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the
course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for
the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The
book's concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes
that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in
aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important
information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature.
Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this
volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further
Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern
period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and
constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
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