Landscape, Nature, and the Body Politic: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World »

Kenneth Robert Olwig is professor of geography at the University in Trondheim, Norway, and professor of landscape theory at the Swedish Agricultural University’s Department of Landscape Planning in Alnarp. He is the author of Nature's Ideological Landscape.

In this analysis of how landscape aesthetics helped define the body politic, Olwig (geography, U. in Trondheim, Norway; landscape theory, Swedish Agricultural U., Alnarp) traces the evolution of the concept of "landscape" from stage scenery for 16th-17th century British royalty to a geopolitical ideal of national culture. Illustrations range from period masque productions to US national parks. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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In this analysis of how landscape aesthetics helped define the body politic, Olwig (geography, U. in Trondheim, Norway; landscape theory, Swedish Agricultural U., Alnarp) traces the evolution of the concept of "landscape" from stage scenery for 16th-17th century British royalty to a geopolitical ideal of national culture. Illustrations range from period masque productions to US national parks. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)