U r land schaft ) ▁and ▁its ▁opposite ▁cultural ▁landscape ▁( K ultur land schaft ) ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁ge ography ▁a ▁subject ▁matter ▁that ▁was ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁sciences . ▁An ▁early ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁actual ▁phrase ▁" natural ▁landscape " ▁by ▁a ▁ge ograph er ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁ ▁Carl ▁O . ▁S auer ' s ▁paper ▁" The ▁Mor ph ology ▁of ▁Land s cape " ▁( 1 9 2 5 ). ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁natural ▁landscape ▁was ▁first ▁developed ▁in ▁connection ▁with ▁landscape ▁painting , ▁though ▁the ▁actual ▁term ▁itself ▁was ▁first ▁used ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁landscape ▁garden ing . ▁In ▁both ▁cases ▁it ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁contrast ▁a ▁formal ▁style ▁with ▁a ▁more ▁natural ▁one , ▁that ▁is ▁closer ▁to ▁nature . ▁Ch ung lin ▁K wa ▁suggests , ▁" that ▁a ▁sevent e enth - century ▁or ▁early - e igh teenth - century ▁person ▁could ▁experience ▁natural ▁scen ery ▁‘ just ▁like ▁on ▁a ▁painting ,’ ▁and ▁so , ▁with ▁or ▁without ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁itself , ▁design ate ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁landscape ." ▁With ▁regard ▁to ▁landscape ▁garden ing ▁John ▁A ik in , ▁commented ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 4 : ▁" Wh atever , ▁therefore , ▁there ▁be ▁of ▁novel ty ▁in ▁the ▁singular ▁scen ery ▁of ▁an ▁artificial ▁garden , ▁it ▁is ▁soon ▁exha usted , ▁whereas ▁the ▁infinite ▁divers ity ▁of ▁a ▁natural ▁landscape ▁presents