Thursday, 23rd
August, 2012
On Anticipation
William Wordsworth
(1770-1850) believed in small critical moments within Nature and such a belief
informed the subtitles of his poems such as “Tintern Abbey. On revisiting the banks of the Wye during a Tour. July
13, 1798” Citing the day, month and year suggests as de Botton highlights
that spending a few moments in the countryside on the banks of the Wye could be
held among some of the most significant and useful in a person’s life and can
be deemed as worthy of precise remembrance in the same way as a wedding or
birthdays do. However, these moments for me are often blighted by the detritus
that has gathered.
Wordsworth urged people to
travel through the landscape to feel emotions that would ultimately benefit the
soul. The sublime natural landscapes of the 18th century offered the
viewer an emotional connection to a greater power that did not necessarily
relate to biblical texts and organized religion.
Bibliography
C Cotton, 2007 The Photograph As Contemporary Art Thames
& Hudson: London
De Botton, 2003 The Art of Travel Penguin: London
E Newby, 1995 A Book of Travellers’ Tales Pan Books
Ltd: London
Sontag, 2002 On Photography Penguin Group: London
Tolstoy L, 1969 What Is
Art? And Essays on Art London: University Press Oxford
Copyright Mark King 2012
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