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landscapism en · NOUN

Etymology

From landscape + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The conventional artistic portrayal of picturesque landscapes.
   • 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. 1988, Kristin Ross, The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune, page 85:
   • 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”. 2009, Mariella Zoppi, History of the European garden, page 257:

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