Essays about: "the picturesque"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words the picturesque.

  1. 1. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE

  3. 2. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Romantic Sensibility : Nature and Human Emotion in An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Carl-Ludwig Davidsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Robert Louis Stevenson; An Inland Voyage; Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes; the beautiful; the sublime; the picturesque;

    Abstract : In the latter half of the 19th century, Robert Louis Stevenson set off on two journeys through Belgium and France, two travels that were to become the subject of his early travelogues An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. In these two travelogues Stevenson elaborates extensively on depictions of nature, and through these depictions, Stevenson suggests that there exists a special relationship between natural beauty and human emotion. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Dameisho to Meisho

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Lukas Petko; [2015]
    Keywords : Tokyo; meisho; urban planning; intervention; public space; linear development; waterways; elevated highways; Edo period; Kanto earthquake; Japan; japanese architecture; Bow-wow studio; Hiroshige Ando; urban development; graphics; illustration; axonometric drawing;

    Abstract : Seen from abroad, Tokyo appears as a huge, vibrant metropolis where 21st-century Japan meets the traditional side of the country. Tokyo´s skyline is a diverse jumble of traditional houses and shrines, and modern architecture from skyscrapers of glass to 1970´s living capsules. READ MORE

  5. 4. Modernizing Jane Austen : An investigation of the process of turning her novels into films

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Elina Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; modernizing; films; novels;

    Abstract : For us to appreciate Austen's work it needs to be altered. We are only comfortable with it if it mirrors our expectations of it; the picturesque English countryside, elegant males and beautiful women in period clothing, living in impressive stone mansions. READ MORE

  6. 5. New urban room within the city of Kranj

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Eva Romih; [2012]
    Keywords : public space; interaction; urban design; square;

    Abstract : Already since the time when I decided to study landscape architecture, I knew that one of my projects may deal with design proposals for my hometown Kranj in Slovenia. Kranj is a picturesque historic town above the confluence of two alpine rivers – the Sava and the Kokra. READ MORE