En historisk beskrivelse med mange eksempler fra billedkunsten af vore omgivelsers historie, om træer, vand og klipper, om deres indflydelse på vores historie og kultur, og om hvordan mennesket har opfattet og præget naturen gennem tiderne i lande som f.eks. Italien, England, Fr…
"When we look at a landscape, do we see nature or culture? That question lies at the heart of this book. The author believes that every landscape, forest, river, or mountain, is a work of the mind, a repository of the memories and obsessions of the people who gaze upon it. In th…
Opening a radically new and original path into history, Simon Schama explores the scenery of our Western culture, both real landscapes and landscapes of the mind that have given us our sense of homeland, the dark woods of our imagined origins. What unfolds is a series of compell…
"When we look at a landscape, do we see nature or culture? That question lies at the heart of this book. The author believes that every landscape, forest, river, or mountain, is a work of the mind, a repository of the memories and obsessions of the people who gaze upon it. In th…