Aesthetic perception of the compositional structure of the park environment

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of the influence of the composition structure of the park environment on aesthetic perception and its influence on the formation of preferences with the involvement of respondents (76 people).The peer review methodological approach was applied, which includes a parallel analysis of two interrelated structures (material and imaginative), as well as their relation to the aesthetic evaluation results of the respondents. Surveys involving respondents were conducted for four seasons 2017-2018 directly on the territory of the Park of Glory in Kyiv.We defined the relationship between the aesthetic evaluation of the park environment and the features of its compositional organization, which influence the formation of preferences and cause their variability during the year. It is revealed that the combination of features of the park environment, which are perceived as attractive due to the evolution of human as a biological species and the influence of socio-cultural factors increases the emotional impact and aesthetic evaluation of the park environment, but can both reduce and enhance its informative qualities. The presence of distant vistas and panoramas is an important feature that promotes the aesthetic qualities of the environment, but reduces, and in some cases, eliminates the influence of direct means of expression of ideological meaning. The compositional coherence of the architectural components of the park environment and plants, as well as the formation of perspectives on the memorial objects enhances emotional impact, informational qualities and aesthetic appreciation in general.