花园,自然和城市：一种美学范例的变更

Garden,Nature,City: A Variation on Aesthetic Exemplification

有论证表明花园具有认知符号的功能:既能从字面意义上也能从隐喻意义上体现自然和城市环境的重要特征。有希望看到的是,关于花园对于自然/城市关系的应用能够获取花园、自然/城市三者之间密切关系的一个新的理解,能在此背景下引起对花园角色的重新认识。类似地,花园欣赏是城市美学的一部分。关于自然/城市环境的审美趣旨,这个分析也支持该观点:既要针对花园审美的内在性和外在性方面,也要针对自然/城市。

It is argued that garden functions as a cognitive symbol exemplifying both literany and metaphorically important features of nature and city environments. Hopefully, this application of garden to the relation of nature/city captures a fresh understanding of the affinities among garden, nature and city and invites rethinking of the role of garden in this context. Therefore the analysis offered here supports the view that appreciation of garden is indeed a form of appreeiating nature. Similarly, it follows that appreciation of garden is a part of aesthetics of city. With respect to the aesthetic interest in nature/city environments, the analysis also supports the view that environmental aesthetics must address both intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of garden as well as nature/city.