Psychology Today | 25.01.2026 04:20
Human beings have apparently always treasured scenic outdoor beauty, and this tendency has only increased as the world has become a more urban place. One of the benchmarks of the English Romantic movement of the early 19th century was the belief that nature had an uplifting, comforting, and beneficial effect on us. Romantics, who were almost all city dwellers, sought out natural settings and painted and wrote about the magnificent feelings those settings inspired.
