1. the inner landscapes or essential inner nature of things, especially as perceived through artistic or poetic vision
Usage: literary; coined by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

Examples

• The poet sought to capture the inscapes of natural objects in his verse.
• Hopkins believed that each thing possessed its own unique inscape.
• Through careful observation, she discovered the inscapes hidden within ordinary scenes.
• The artist’s paintings revealed the inscapes of urban life.
• His writing explored the inscapes of human consciousness.
• The concept of inscapes influenced many modern poets.