Roman anti-landscape

Mateusz Salwa

mateusz.salwa@uw.edu.pl
Wydział Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warszawski (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4988-8912

Abstract

The intention of this article is to show how a traditional aesthetic comprehension of the landscape results in overlooking landscapes regarded as degraded. Such an approach appears to dominate contemporary perceptions of Italy, resulting in their depiction as Bel Paese, whose panorama is sometimes disturbed by ugly sites. In turn, unsightliness is regarded as the outcome of, i.a. a lack of sensitivity on the part of the inhabitants. Such an omission, however, is an act of injustice. The article‘s substance is a confrontation of a vision of Rome as seen by Georg Simmel and a depiction of the Eternal City in the documentary film Sacro GRA (2013); the director presents the daily life of the residents of the region of an extensive Roman urban highway, which can be easily described as anti-landscape. Such a confrontation also serves a depiction, based on selected examples, of the way in which the comprehension of the landscape in Italian literature from the second half of the twentieth century changed: by acquiring an ethical dimension the landscape ceased to be an exclusively aesthetic phenomenon.


Keywords:

Rome, lanscape, anthropology, city

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Published
2024-02-13

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Salwa, M. (2024) “Roman anti-landscape”, Konteksty, 342(3), pp. 24–34. doi: 10.36744/k.1909.

Authors

Mateusz Salwa 
mateusz.salwa@uw.edu.pl
Wydział Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4988-8912

Dr hab. Mateusz Salwa - adiunkt, kierownik Zakładu Estetyki na Wydziale Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego; zajmuje się współczesną estetyką, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem problematyki reprezentacji oraz relacji między sztuką a przyrodą; opublikował m.in. Estetyka ogrodu. Między sztuką a ekologią (2016), Iluzja w malarstwie. Próba filozoficznej interpretacji (2010); publikował także w "Etyce", "Kulturze Współczesnej", "Przeglądzie Kulturoznawczym".



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