Announcement: 24./25.09.2026 Workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of Landscape«

11 September 2026

Landscapes are not merely objects of aesthetic perception but also media of ethical and political order. The workshop explores landscape as image, metaphor, and imaginative construct through which ideas of nature, community, and responsibility are negotiated.

Workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of Landscape«

Organization: Franca Buss, Hana Gründler

Time: September 24/25, 2026
Venue: Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Casa Zuccari, Sala Terrena, Via Giuseppe Giusti 49 / Via Gino Capponi 22, 50121 Florence and on Zoom (not recorded): https://eu02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZoLiLozFRfqmP04Pox-2qw#/registration

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