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Landscape in the Field and the Archive Sarah Mead Leonard Garden and Landscape Studies Junior Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Delaware

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LandscapeintheFieldandtheArchive

SarahMeadLeonardGardenandLandscapeStudiesJuniorFellow,DumbartonOaks

PhDCandidateinArtHistory,UniversityofDelaware

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Aninterdisciplinaryfieldfocusedonsitesasobjectsofstudy.

Drawsonmethodsandinterestsofmanyothertraditions,including:archaeology,history,humangeography,gardenhistory,historyofartanddesign,materialculture– andnaturalhistory.

WhatisLandscapeStudies? WhatisLandscape?

”Anareaoflandasperceivedbypeople.”

EuropeanLandscapeConvention,Florence,2000.

“Awayofseeing.”

DenisCosgrove,SocialFormation&SymbolicLandscape,1985.

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BirchenEdge,PeaksDistrict,Derbyshire

LandscapeStudiesintheField

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BirchenEdge,PeaksDistrict,Derbyshire

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• Howhasthislandscapechangedovertime?Whatinformationhasbeenlostinthosechanges?

• Whocontrolsthisland?Whyhavetheymadethechoicestheydid?• Whoworkstheland?Wholiveshere?• Howdolocalcommunitiesrespondtothesesitesandtochangesinthesesites?

• Howisthislandscapeinterpretedculturally,byindividualsorbyagroup?

AskingQuestionsofaLandscape

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• Maps• Landdocuments• Aerialphotography• Sitephotography• Othersiteimages– paintings,prints,drawings.• Archaeologicalstudies,HistoricEnglandandNationalTrustrecords,VictoriaCountyHistories,localhistories,etc.

LandscapeResearchResources

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Bishopbarns, York, UK. Ordnance Survey (OS) Maps, Country Series 1:2500.Left: 1909, First RevisionRight: 1937, Third Revision

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Prehistoric settlements near Eynsham, Oxfordshire and Lansallos, Cornwall.(Damian Grady/Historic England)

A new prehistoric henge discovered at Brú na Bóinne, Ireland. (Anthony Murphy)

Victorian garden at Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire. (South West News Service)

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Dante Gabriel RossettiWater Willow, 1871Delaware Art Museum

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TeachingtheLandscape

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• What'shere?• Howisthisspaceused?• Isthereclearperiodization?Whendotheythinkfeatureswereaddedorchanged?

• Howdotheyexperienceit?

ObservationandCloseLooking

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• Howhasthislandscapechangedovertime?• Whocontrolsthisland?Whyhavetheymadethechoicestheydid?• Howisthelandmanaged,andbywhom?• Whousesit,andhow?• Howisthislandscapeinterpretedculturally?• Whovaluesit,andhow?

LandscapeResearchQuestions

• Whoandwhatismissing?Whatlandscapestoriesareorarenottold?Why?

FLORENCE Florence - AA Launaalaun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FlorenceBrochure012215.pdf · Florence aalaun.com aalaun.com FLORENCE Florence glass tops are a full 5/8” thick

THE EVOLVING INVESTOR LANDSCAPE: WHAT REALLY …

WHAT SHAPES HAS THE GEOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPE OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND? Delmarva’s Changing Landscape

What Happens on Many-Dimensional Landscapes? What ’ s Important about the Landscape?

Fighting fit. What changes did Florence make when she arrived?

What is a Landscape? - University of Massachusetts Amherst

What will the communication technology landscape look like

Employability and Career Skills. What types of careers are available in the landscape industry? Landscape architect Landscape designer Landscape contractor

WHAT THE “FLORENCE SCHOOL” DID, DOES AND WILL DO 15 May 2012

What Is Ecology? What is Landscape? What is Landscape Ecology? A road to Landscape Ecological Planning