landscapism

landscapism

English

Etymology

landscape +‎ -ism

Noun

landscapism (uncountable)

1. (art) The conventional artistic portrayal of picturesque landscapes.
   • 1988, Kristin Ross, The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune (page 85)

     Landscapism was not to be confined to a purely aesthetic debate; a veritable science of landscapism, the science of objective space par excellence, university geography, took form during the era of the Parnassians.

   • 2009, Mariella Zoppi, History of the European garden (page 257)

     Although one can catch glimpses of an English-style “landscapism”, Rubiò always used this style in a local context, keenly aware of the local environment and climate of the South: the green, grassy or ivy lawn became the canvas on which to place various species of plants, and topiary, offering a sort of contrast between geometry and “landscapism”.

Related terms

• landscapist