Landscape
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A landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment.
[edit] Etymology
The word landscape comes from the Dutch word landschap, from land (directly equivalent to the English word land) and the suffix -schap, corresponding to the English suffix "-ship".
Landscape, first recorded in 1598, was borrowed as a painters' term from Dutch during the 16th century, when Dutch artists were on the verge of becoming masters of the landscape genre. The Dutch word landschap had earlier meant simply 'region, tract of land' but had acquired the artistic sense, which it brought over into English, of 'a picture depicting scenery on land'.
[edit] Context
In 2008, it was introduced into the VCE study curriculium the context of Immaginative Landscape, where the students (all year 12 students) have to use this basic theme to write either expository, persuasive or analytical pieces on. Though a massive change in the curriculum, because of the forces acting upon the VCAA, it is a good task to instigate some thought into different themes surrounding the Australian background. Using 3 books and a movie, or any combination of these, with real life situations the student must write up several essays surrounding this basic theme and account it for 1/3 of their end of year grade, named ENTER score. For more detailed information about the NEW English course and contexts (immaginative landscape, whose reality, conflict and identity and Belonging) access the VCAA website. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html.
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