Historic Landscapes
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Historic Landscapes
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This web site seeks to promote a greater understanding of historic landscapes and the importance of their preservation for future generations.
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Historic landscapes are those associated with an event or series of events of historical note.
A historic landscape may also be the visual perception of a particular period of civilization, a way of life or patterns of living.
The American Society of Landscape Architect's committee on historic landscape preservation classifies landscapes into three broad groups:
The first are Designed landscapes, defined as being "altered under a plan by a professional or avid amateur with verifiable results."
Cultural landscapes are "those that are altered through human interaction on the vernacular level, often related to a desired function with a discernable pattern."
Natural landscapes are "those that are relatively unchanged by human intervention."
Historic Landscapes is a digital research project dedicated to documenting and presenting cultural landscape history. As a work in progress, this site will be updated and additional cultural landscape sites will be presented.
This site seeks to encourage a greater understanding of historic landscapes and the importance of their preservation for future generations.
Please click on this link, Contact Us, to send any questions
or comments about this site.
Thank you for visiting.
Barbara Orsolits © 2005
http://www.historiclandscape.org
