Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorOxford University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031995Rolston, Holmes, III, Does Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscapes Need to be Science-Based?, British Journal of Aesthetics 35, no. 4 (October 1995): 374-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/35.4.374http://hdl.handle.net/10217/36761Address at "Meeting in the Landscape," the First International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics," Koli, Finland, June 1994.Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-386).Forests are aesthetically challenging because of a perennial, dynamic sense of deep time, experiencing an archetype of creation. Scientific appreciation of natural history is necessary though not sufficient for an intense, multisensory, participatory engagement when persons, immersed in forests, constitute their lived aesthetic experiences. Forests are sublime, evoking the sense of the sacred. Aesthetic appreciation in forests radically differs from that appropriate for artworks.born digitalchapters (layout features)eng©1995 Oxford University Press.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.response to natureenvironmentlandscapesnatural historytheologyaestheticsTexthttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/35.4.374