Seascape 1595411 225100270 2008-07-11T21:45:54Z Jpbowen 323196 Added category {{for|the stage play|Seascape (play)}} [[Image:Winslow_Homer_Summer_Squall.jpg|thumb|200px|''Summer Squall'', 1904. A seascape by [[Winslow Homer]].]] A '''seascape''' is a [[photograph]], [[painting]], or other [[work of art]] which depicts the [[sea]]. Recent seminal use of this word in the UK: A combination of adjacent [[land]], [[coastline]] and [[sea]] within an area, defined by a mix of land-sea inter-visibility and coastal landscape character assessment, with major headlands forming division points between one seascape area and the next. This approach to coastal [[landscape planning]] was developed jointly by Government environmental bodies in [[Wales]] (UK) and [[Ireland]] in 2000 to assist spatial planning for (at that time new) [[offshore wind farm]] developments. The resulting "Guide to best practice in seascape assessment", (Marine Institute, Ireland, 2001), have since been adapted and applied in [[Scotland]] (Scottish Natural Heritage, UK, 2004) and in [[England]] (Defra, 2005) and [[Wales]] (Countryside Council for Wales, 2007) for guidance to offshore wind farm developers and for carrying out spatial planning assessments. Interestingly the [[Welsh language]] already distinguishes between 'Morluniau' (seascape in the traditional sense of a [[picture]], [[view]] or [[painting]]) and 'Morweddau' (seascape as a distinct, geographical area exhibiting particular characteristics and qualities). There is no such distinction in the English language. == See also == {{commonscat}} * [[Landscape art]] * [[Marine art]] [[Category:Landscape art]] [[Category:Maritime paintings| Seascape]]