The relationship between man and the environment today is too complex to be explained in a few words. The simple observation of the high level of complexity of the relationship between man and the environment does not help to frame the deep reasons why it is right for man to find a balance in his relationship with the environment. The initial assumption is that the landscape is an analytical tool that allows us to interpret the relationship between man and the environment by reducing its level of complexity. This meaning becomes necessary for modern man who has enough technology to transform the whole Earth. The contribution reflects on the garden as a) meaning (what it is) and on the sense (why it is right or simply appropriate to take care of it or even re-do it or do it from scratch). The landscape is certainly a useful tool for responsibly and consciously dealing with the complexity of the relationship between man and the environment but losing the sense of the profound value between man and nature in the face of the transcendent dimension presents the risk of relativizing beauty with respect to the economic-financial gain and political convenience of a social part with respect to the rest of the community.

Trapani, F., Pirrera, G., Pedone, P. (2024). Uomo, paesaggio ed ambiente : un rapporto complesso. In L. Tarallo, M. Di Cintio (a cura di), Bellezza e natura : Il giardino come forma d’arte e di relazione tra uomo e ambiente (pp. 130-158). Palermo : ex Libris.

Uomo, paesaggio ed ambiente : un rapporto complesso

Trapani, Ferdinando
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2024-01-01

Abstract

The relationship between man and the environment today is too complex to be explained in a few words. The simple observation of the high level of complexity of the relationship between man and the environment does not help to frame the deep reasons why it is right for man to find a balance in his relationship with the environment. The initial assumption is that the landscape is an analytical tool that allows us to interpret the relationship between man and the environment by reducing its level of complexity. This meaning becomes necessary for modern man who has enough technology to transform the whole Earth. The contribution reflects on the garden as a) meaning (what it is) and on the sense (why it is right or simply appropriate to take care of it or even re-do it or do it from scratch). The landscape is certainly a useful tool for responsibly and consciously dealing with the complexity of the relationship between man and the environment but losing the sense of the profound value between man and nature in the face of the transcendent dimension presents the risk of relativizing beauty with respect to the economic-financial gain and political convenience of a social part with respect to the rest of the community.
2024
Settore CEAR-12/B - Urbanistica
Trapani, F., Pirrera, G., Pedone, P. (2024). Uomo, paesaggio ed ambiente : un rapporto complesso. In L. Tarallo, M. Di Cintio (a cura di), Bellezza e natura : Il giardino come forma d’arte e di relazione tra uomo e ambiente (pp. 130-158). Palermo : ex Libris.
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