Landscapism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The conventional artistic portrayal of picturesque landscapes. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From landscape + -ism.

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