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Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment.
Etymology
The word landscape comes from the Dutch language|Dutch word ''landschap'', from ''land'' (directly equivalent to the English language|English word land) and the suffix ''-schap'', corresponding to the English language|English suffix "-ship".
Landscape, first recorded in 1598, was borrowed as a painters' term from Dutch during the 16th century, when Dutch artists were on the verge of becoming masters of the landscape genre. The Dutch word ''landschap'' had earlier meant simply 'region, tract of land' but had acquired the artistic sense, which it brought over into English, of 'a picture depicting scenery on land'.
See also
- Cultural landscape
- Geomorphology
- Hardscape
- Landscape architecture
- Landscape ecology
- Landscape design
- Landscape history
- Landscaping
- Softscape
References
Category:Landscape|
Category:Topography
Related Images- Landscape photograph of Tolima Colombia
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