New Perspectives on the Land
Land and landscapes therefor spiritual and inspiring on their own
Ironically, “landscape tourism” inspired people to see the natural sites they knew only from paintings -- the image precedes the physical reality
The “purity“ of nature often enjoyed only after domestication
Turned natural sites into national landmarks
Ironically, the wilderness depicted would not remain wilderness for long, thanks to those very depictions
Reinterpreted the Native Peoples as “closer to nature,” and therefore as “genuine,” “natural,” “wild” in a positive sense -- but therefor also “doomed” to destruction in name of progress