Book contents
- Natural Perception
- Natural Perception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 In the Frame
- 2 The Environment’s ‘Aesthetic’ Value
- 3 Legal Interpretation of Aesthetic Value
- 4 Images and Aesthetics for International Environmental Law
- 5 Valuing Aesthetics of World Natural Heritage
- 6 The Art of Image in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case
- 7 Fragmented Aesthetics of Biodiversity
- 8 Beyond the Frame: A Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Images and Aesthetics for International Environmental Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 August 2023
- Natural Perception
- Natural Perception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 In the Frame
- 2 The Environment’s ‘Aesthetic’ Value
- 3 Legal Interpretation of Aesthetic Value
- 4 Images and Aesthetics for International Environmental Law
- 5 Valuing Aesthetics of World Natural Heritage
- 6 The Art of Image in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case
- 7 Fragmented Aesthetics of Biodiversity
- 8 Beyond the Frame: A Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The treaty processes examined so far are replete with nature photographs. To consider the significance of such images, Chapter 4 starts by explaining aesthetic theorisations of nature in visual art. Over philosophical objections, it maintains that artistic depictions of the environment can be understood both critically, for example with insights from eco-criticism, and in terms of the multi-sensory experiences contemplated by philosophers of environmental aesthetics. The chapter then describes conceptions of ‘image’ in aesthetic theory for the arts, and in the field of law and aesthetics or, more particularly, visual jurisprudence. Despite a privileging of worded text, law’s visual manifestations have been identified by jurisprudents of common and civil law. The aesthetic analysis of visual art for law by scholars such as Desmond Manderson is found in studies of art for international law, and for environmental law. This chapter argues that understandings of image in scholarship for the arts can be combined with the distinct characterisations of the environment by philosophers of environmental aesthetics, to analyse the concept of aesthetic value for international environmental law.
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- Natural PerceptionEnvironmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law, pp. 89 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023