a new view of the natural world Flashcards
who brought a new view of the natural world
Enlightened thinkers
what were the goal of the enlightened thinkers ?
to understand the world and also improve it
what beliefs they they reject?
the calvinist belief that every event of life is controlled by God or the devil
how did they see the natural world ?
they saw it as beautiful rather than decayed or corrupted by sin
nature for the enlightened thinkers?
human nature and physical environment but it also extended to the universe and beyond the earth
how was nature seen by the enlightened thinkers?
it was seen as the complex system or set of principles divinely ordained and manifested in the creation
what got regarded as a typically english genre ?
landscape painting
what was invented with the aim of improving nature ?
the english garden
what is the english garden and what values thats it express
the english garden was invented as an aim for improving nature as well as the human society
it’s a space that expressed values of freedom , simplicity and balance
what principles were in practice in these english garden
the princples of enlightenment that is harmony between man and nature as well as the hierarchical organisation of gentry estates and tenent farms
