Inspire (from the Latin inspirare, verb made up of in and spirare) literally means: “to breathe into or upon”, in the true sense of introducing air into the lungs. A life-giving action, a vital action to ensure the continuing functioning of the human body. The etymology of the word conveys an immediate, simple and powerful image, which becomes more complicated when other meanings are added, namely, commonly used, broader and figurative meanings: - to arouse a feeling; - the action of a divine power or supernatural force on man’s spirit, inducing him to express himself with another’s will and to make revelations; - to spark the creative imagination of an artist or, even, arouse the feelings, suggest the images, figures, motifs and words that can then be translated into a work of art; - more generically, to advise, encourage, induce someone to do something. The passive form, to be inspired, is also defined as both an impulse, something that guides us in our actions, and something that stimulates the imagination in the artist’s creative process (see the entry inspirare in the Italian Vocabolario Treccani). The expression Inspiring Landscapes is an open invitation to interpret all these different nuances of the verb inspire, nuances arising from the active form (landscapes - ideal or real, existing or disappeared, described or evoked - which provide the inspiration for someone to imagine, design and realise works or which encourage particular kinds of action in situ and discoveries in visu) and the passive form (projects involving places and landscapes inspired by, actions caused by).

Inspiring Landscape. Interpretations 1 / Lambertini Anna. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp. 398-398. (Intervento presentato al convegno Tasting the Landscape 53 IFLA world congress tenutosi a Torino nel 20- 21-22 aprile 207).

Inspiring Landscape. Interpretations 1

LAMBERTINI, ANNA
2016

Abstract

Inspire (from the Latin inspirare, verb made up of in and spirare) literally means: “to breathe into or upon”, in the true sense of introducing air into the lungs. A life-giving action, a vital action to ensure the continuing functioning of the human body. The etymology of the word conveys an immediate, simple and powerful image, which becomes more complicated when other meanings are added, namely, commonly used, broader and figurative meanings: - to arouse a feeling; - the action of a divine power or supernatural force on man’s spirit, inducing him to express himself with another’s will and to make revelations; - to spark the creative imagination of an artist or, even, arouse the feelings, suggest the images, figures, motifs and words that can then be translated into a work of art; - more generically, to advise, encourage, induce someone to do something. The passive form, to be inspired, is also defined as both an impulse, something that guides us in our actions, and something that stimulates the imagination in the artist’s creative process (see the entry inspirare in the Italian Vocabolario Treccani). The expression Inspiring Landscapes is an open invitation to interpret all these different nuances of the verb inspire, nuances arising from the active form (landscapes - ideal or real, existing or disappeared, described or evoked - which provide the inspiration for someone to imagine, design and realise works or which encourage particular kinds of action in situ and discoveries in visu) and the passive form (projects involving places and landscapes inspired by, actions caused by).
2016
Tasting the Landscape 53 IFLA world congress
Tasting the Landscape 53 IFLA world congress
Torino
20- 21-22 aprile 207
Lambertini Anna
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