▁natural ▁w onders ▁are ▁celebrated ▁in ▁the ▁Ps al ms ▁and ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Job , ▁w ilder ness ▁port ray als ▁in ▁art ▁became ▁more ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 0 0 s , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁movement . ▁British ▁artists ▁John ▁Const able ▁and ▁J . ▁M . ▁W . ▁Turner ▁turned ▁their ▁attention ▁to ▁capt uring ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁world ▁in ▁their ▁paint ings . ▁Before ▁that , ▁paint ings ▁had ▁been ▁primarily ▁of ▁religious ▁scenes ▁or ▁of ▁human ▁be ings . ▁William ▁Word sw orth ' s ▁poetry ▁described ▁the ▁wonder ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁world , ▁which ▁had ▁formerly ▁been ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁threaten ing ▁place . ▁In cre asing ly ▁the ▁valu ing ▁of ▁nature ▁became ▁an ▁aspect ▁of ▁Western ▁culture . ▁This ▁art istic ▁movement ▁also ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁Trans c endent al ist ▁movement ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁world . ▁A ▁common ▁classical ▁idea ▁of ▁beautiful ▁art ▁involves ▁the ▁word ▁m imes is , ▁the ▁im itation ▁of ▁nature . ▁Also ▁in ▁the ▁real m ▁of ▁ideas ▁about ▁beauty ▁in ▁nature ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁perfect ▁is ▁imp lied ▁through ▁perfect ▁mathematical ▁forms ▁and ▁more ▁generally ▁by ▁patterns ▁in ▁nature . ▁As ▁David ▁Roth enburg ▁writes , ▁" The ▁beautiful ▁is ▁the ▁root ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁art , ▁the ▁highest ▁possibility ▁that ▁human ity ▁can ▁ever ▁hope ▁to ▁see ". ▁ ▁M atter ▁and ▁energy ▁ ▁Some ▁fields ▁of ▁science ▁see ▁nature ▁as ▁matter