Landscape Painting in the Research of Landscape Changes
Author:
Skokanová Hana1, Slach Tomáš1, Havlíček Marek1, Halas Petr2, Divíšek Jan2, Špinlerová Zuzana3, Koutecký Tomáš3, Šebesta Jan3, Kallabová Eva2
Affiliation:
1. Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Horticulture (VÚKOZ) , Department of Landscape Ecology , Lidická 25/27 , Brno , Czech Republic 2. Institute of Geonics, Department of Environmental Geography , The Czech Academy of Sciences , Drobného 28 , Brno , Czech Republic 3. Mendel University in Brno , Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology , Zemědělská 3 , Brno , Czech Republic
Abstract
Abstract
The article analyses possibilities of using landscape paintings in the studies of land cover changes. It examines 112 paintings from 1728 till 1976 and compares them with existing topographic maps. It compares land cover depicted in the paintings with present landscape and it studies changes of landscape derived from topographic maps from several periods, ranging from 1764 till 2006. In order to make the analyses, all paintings had to be localised as precisely as possible. This was done with the help of present map and by field work. Field work was also necessary for identifying main land use/cover changes in comparison to landscape painting. A TopoLandUse database, consisting of land use vector data from five periods, based on vectorisation of topographical maps, was used for analysing land use/land cover changes, their rates and main trends.
Comparison of landscape paintings with topographic maps showed overall agreement between both types of sources. Paintings often capture details that cannot be found in the maps, thus enriching gained data. They can also serve as a source for periods from which no maps and other cartographic sources exist. However, paintings are as reliable as the painter makes them.
Comparison of landscape in the paintings with the present landscape showed general extensification and abandonment of the landscape, which manifested mainly in the increase of woody vegetation and decrease of arable land. Analyses of land cover changes in the surrounding cadastres in several periods confirmed general trends that can be seen in not only the Czech Republic but also elsewhere in Europe. These are mainly spread of both woody vegetation and permanent grassland at the detriment of arable land but also increase in built-up and recreational area in the settlements.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology
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