When did humans begins viewing nature as pretty???

There is a definitive answer to this... it was mentioned in college, I just forgot...
When did humans begins viewing nature as pretty???
it represents survival. those who placed themselves around lush greenery also placed themselves amidst abundant food supplies and good shelter. it makes sense that we would evolve to be aesthetically attracted to it.
When did humans begins viewing nature as pretty???
Once we thought we had a reasonable measure and control of the nature, we began to see the beauty of it... prior to that we must have been scared of it.
Reply:from what i can recollect it began to have a growing interest during the time of the Renaissance with Realism art (drawing things as they seem, people, nature; as opposed to romanticism) with artists like Van Gogh





the Renaissance took place between 14th - 17th century f.y.i
Reply:I agree with Chris%26#039; response, but I think we can look at it from a religious perspective too.


In early society (1000%26#039;s of years ago) different cultures had a few ideals (or virtues) that were held to be the most important. They then looked at nature and saw things in it that they thought represented their virtues, and thus animism/totemism developed. This could explain why we enjoy nature because it reminds us of our ideals.


However, it could have been an intrinsic love of nature that led us to animise our ideals in the first place.
Reply:Back when the interstate road system was built and every one with a car could travel the whole country . This happened in the 1960%26#039;s .
Reply:Don%26#039;t animals enjoy Nature ?Do we know for certain that they are incapable of it?Does it require sophistication?Ability to appreciate beauty may be instinctive.
Reply:I%26#039;m guessing once the pollution produced by the Industrial Revolution began to eat up nature, humans started to miss it.