Landscape 205135 226051636 2008-07-16T16:44:07Z 86.22.156.163 {{FixHTML|beg}} [[Image:landscapesmall.png|right|thumb|Photograph of a landscape]] [[Image:Oeschinen.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oeschinen Lake]] in the [[Swiss Alps]], an example of a highly diversified landscape.]] {{FixHTML|end}} {{otheruses}} In [[Physical Geography]] and subfields like [[Landscape ecology]], and [[Environmental geography]], the technical term '''landscape''' comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as [[landform]]s, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the [[built environment]]. {{TOCnestright}} ==Etymology== The word landscape comes from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word ''landschap'', from ''land'' (directly equivalent to the [[English language|English]] word [[land]]) and the suffix ''-schap'', corresponding to the [[English language|English]] suffix "-ship". ''Landscape'', first recorded in 1598, was borrowed as a painters' term from Dutch during the 16th century, when Dutch artists were on the verge of becoming masters of the landscape genre. The Dutch word ''landschap'' had earlier meant simply 'region, tract of land' but had acquired the artistic sense, which it brought over into English, of 'a picture depicting scenery on land'. == See also == {{Wiktionarypar|landscape}} * [[American landscape]] * [[European Landscape Convention]] * [[Geomorphology]] * [[Hardscape]] * [[Landscape ecology]] * [[Landscape history]] * [[Mediascape]] * [[Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape]] * [[Seascape]] * [[Softscape]] * [[Soundscape]] * [[Taskscape]] ==Footnotes, links and references== ===External links=== [http://www.landscapeappreciation.co.uk Landscape Appreciation Society] - A relevant group devoted to all things Landscape. ===References=== {{Unreferenced|date=December 2006}} ===Footnotes=== {{reflist}} [[Category:Physical geology]] [[Category:Landscape| ]] [[Category:Landscape architecture]] [[Category:Urban studies and planning]] [[bg:Пейзаж]] [[ca:Paisatge (geografia)]] [[cs:Krajina]] [[de:Landschaft]] [[es:Paisaje]] [[fr:Paysage]] [[it:Paesaggio]] [[lv:Ainava]] [[nl:Landschap]] [[ja:景観]] [[nn:Landskap]] [[nds:Landschap]] [[pl:Kraina geograficzna]] [[pt:Paisagem]] [[ru:Пейзаж]] [[sk:Geografická krajina]] [[sr:Пејзаж]] [[sv:Landskap (terräng)]] [[uk:Ландшафт]] [[yi:לאנדשאפט]]