Environmental aesthetics : theory, research, and applications /
edited by Jack L. Nasar.
- First paperback edition.
- xxvii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theory: -- Editor's introduction -- Behavioral and perceptual aspects of the aesthetics of urban environments / Symbolic aesthetics in architecture: toward a research agenda / Prospects and refuges revisited / Perception and landscape: conceptions and misconceptions / Where cognition and affect meet: a theoretical analysis of preference / The landscape of social symbols / Open space in cities: in search of a new aesthetic / Aesthetic perception in environmental design / Empirical studies: -- Editor's introduction -- Methodological comments: -- Editor's introduction -- The assessment of landscape quality: an integrative approach / Affective appraisals of environments / Architectural interiors: -- Editor's introduction -- The influence of a beautiful versus an ugly room on ratings of photographs of human faces: a replication of Maslow and Mintz / The development of a usable lexicon of environmental descriptors / Lighting-design decisions as interventions in human visual space / Architectural exteriors: -- Editor's introduction -- A study of meaning and architecture / Predicting user responses to buildings / Dimensions in the perception of architecture: identification and interpretation of dimensions of similarity / Contextual compatibility in architecture: an issue of personal taste? / Urban scenes: -- Editor's introduction -- Visual preferences in urban street scenes: a cross-cultural comparison between Japan and the United States / Perception and evaluation of residential street scenes / Planning concerns relating to urban nature settings: the role of size and other physical features / The effect of sign complexity and coherence on the perceived quality of retail scenes / Natural and rural scenes: Editor's introduction -- Dimensions of meaning in the perception of natural settings and their relationship to aesthetic response / A cognitive analysis of preference for field-and-forest environments / The emotional quality of scenes and observation points: a look at prospect and refuge / Aesthetic preference for rural landscapes: some resident and visitor differences / Familiarity and preference: a cross-cultural analysis / Applications: -- Editor's introduction -- Visual needs in urban environments and physical planning / A survey of aesthetic controls in English-speaking countries / Scenic-beauty issues in public policy making / Coping with aesthetics and community design in rural communities / Toward theory generation in landscape aesthetics / Aesthetic regulation and the courts / Tom F. Heath -- Jon Lang -- Jay Appleton -- Stephen Kaplan -- Stephen Kaplan -- Barrie B. Greenbie -- Werner Nohl -- Arnold Berleant -- D. Mark Fenton and Joseph P. Reser -- James A. Russell -- Richard M. Locasso -- Joyce Vielhauer Kasmar -- John E. Flynn -- Robert G. Hershberger -- Robert G. Hershberger and Robert C. Cass -- Anke Oostendorp and Daniel E. Berlyne -- Linda N. Groat -- Jack L. Nasar -- Jack L. Nasar -- Janet F. Talbot -- Jack L. Nasar -- D. Mark Fenton -- Thomas R. Herzog -- Jack L. Nasar, David Julian, Sarah Buchman, David Humphreys, and Marianne Mrohaly -- Brian Orland -- Rachel Kaplan and Eugene J. Herbert -- Eduardo E. Lozano -- Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Kevin P. Rohane -- Mollie Ridout -- Fred A. Hurand -- Fahriye Hazer Sancar -- Kenneth T. Pearlman. Section I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Section II. A. 9. 10. B. 11. 12. 13. C. 14. 15. 16. 17. D. 18. 19. 20. 21. E. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Section III. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
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