The main topic quickly became the interpretation of landscape in territories interested by mass tourism. How the literary, artistic and media imaginary influenced the construction of highways, viaducts, artificial sandshores, towns. The relationship between the physical landscape and its depictions and the mutual influences of these layers became the center of this research.
The ligurian coastline was one of the first italian regions interested by high affluence of tourists after the second world war, due to the proximity to the richest industrial areas of the country (Milan and Turin). Its interest was also due to the relevance of historical depictions and narrations of its landscape related to the era of grand tour, when german and english aristocrats visited the region in their travels and offered the first touristic depictions of it, triggering a mechanism of mental landscape that influenced the history of many settlements. This is the case of San Terenzo, described by poet lord Byron and Mary Shalley - who bought a house there- and painted by Arnold Böcklin.
The ligurian coastline was one of the first italian regions interested by high affluence of tourists after the second world war, due to the proximity to the richest industrial areas of the country (Milan and Turin). Its interest was also due to the relevance of historical depictions and narrations of its landscape related to the era of grand tour, when german and english aristocrats visited the region in their travels and offered the first touristic depictions of it, triggering a mechanism of mental landscape that influenced the history of many settlements. This is the case of San Terenzo, described by poet lord Byron and Mary Shalley - who bought a house there- and painted by Arnold Böcklin.
The ligurian coastline was one of the first italian regions interested by high affluence of tourists after the second world war, due to the proximity to the richest industrial areas of the country (Milan and Turin). Its interest was also due to the relevance of historical depictions and narrations of its landscape related to the era of grand tour, when german and english aristocrats visited the region in their travels and offered the first touristic depictions of it, triggering a mechanism of mental landscape that influenced the history of many settlements. This is the case of San Terenzo, described by poet lord Byron and Mary Shalley - who bought a house there- and painted by Arnold Böcklin.