The perception of landscape style: a cross-cultural comparison

Abstract

The perception of landscape style has received little attention. The present study explores this in a cross-cultural context both with respect to the landscapes (Korean, Japanese and Western) and in terms of the individual samples (Korean and Western). Preference ratings of 40 scenes taken in Korea provided the data for category-identifying methods to extract common perceptual groupings. The four distinct categories that emerged for both the Korean and the Western samples had strong similarities. They reflect a combination of landscape style and landscape content, with those based on more natural forms preferred to the more formal, linear categories.