Landscape histories

Landscape is comprised of space and time. Beyond the diversity of its definitions, its acceptations and manifestations, landscape always refers to a portion of space, be it produced, described, experienced or represented – and generally all of these combined.
However, landscape also encompasses a relationship with time: the time immemorial of rock erosion and soil development, the long times of agrarian know-how and vernacular practice, the countless periods of vegetation – from centuries-old forests to fleeting blossoms – time accelerated, sometimes, technical innovations, and more largely speaking, time that has been lengthened or shortened by human culture, shaping these areas to their own taste. Landscape is, by nature, dynamic: a reflection of the dynamics of things, of their successive (re)developments, submitted – also – to the test of time. It is therefore legitimate that history pay an interest to landscape!
This 15th edition, hosted within the Château de La Roche-Guyon, will enlighten participants on the relationship between landscape and history. A range of studies focusing on the history of landscape, from gardens to vast landscaped areas, via pictorial representations.
So many stories of landscapes to be told!