{"id":2695,"date":"2015-09-01T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2015-09-01T09:09:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:09:21","slug":"exploding-the-infinite-the-sublime-landscapes-of-dan-kiley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=2695","title":{"rendered":"Exploding the Infinite: The Sublime Landscapes of Dan Kiley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2015\/09\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2696 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2015\/09\/image-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lecture by Mark R. Eischeid<br \/>\nThursday, September 10th<br \/>\n11:50 AM<\/p>\n<p>Mark R. Eischeid is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon where he teaches history, theory, and design. He received his MFA in Art Space + Nature from the Edinburgh College of Art, an MLA from UC Berkeley, and a BS in Applied Earth Science from Stanford University, and he is currently pursuing a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the history, theory, critique, and aesthetics of 20th and 21st century landscape architecture.<br \/>\nMark has previous professional experience in geology, and is a licensed landscape architect (California). \u00a0Mark is also a practicing artist, and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the UK, Japan, Denmark, and Greenland.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Exploding the Infinite: The Sublime Landscapes of Dan Riley<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The perception or suggestion of the infinite has been cited as one of the mechanisms by which we judge an object or an environment to be sublime.\u00a0 In A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Edmund Burke described the \u201cartificial infinite\u201d as one of the identifying characteristics of the sublime. \u00a0Burke suggests that the artificial infinite can be expressed as a sequence or repetition of uniform elements or as spaces with obscured or indeterminate boundaries or limits.\u00a0 Dan Kiley, a pioneering and distinguished practitioner of 20th century modernist landscape architecture, consistently spoke of his desire to express a sense of infinity in his designed landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Kiley\u2019s design philosophy parallels Burke\u2019s definitions, as evidenced through selected design projects, writings, and interviews.\u00a0 Kiley\u2019s use of the grid to repeat landscape elements (trees, hedges, lights, benches) through various landscape types (all\u00e9es, avenues, bosques, orchards), coincident with the creation of continuous spaces and indeterminate boundaries, exemplify how he intended to create a sense of infinity in his designed landscapes.\u00a0 This talk will illustrate Kiley\u2019s expression of the artificial infinite through his work at the Miller Garden (1955, Columbus, Indiana), North Christian Church (1964, Columbus, Indiana), and the Donald J. 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