Pick something that strikes you, particularly from the personal standpoint, as beautiful and notice how much of what makes it beautiful relates to where (or how) it exists.
A building, for example, may have striking features — often in light of the surroundings it is in. Other buildings around it or where it is positioned, say, against a skyline or in front of a river or a view of the mountains impact the way its beauty strikes us.
How about a flower? A particular flower often isn't even really noticed, in and of itself, especially when it's smashed in against all kinds of other plants or flowers. But, when it is in relief to its context — standing apart a bit in it, showing its unique color or structure against some kind of background, it can really stand out as it displays the unique features of what is beautiful about it. Even flowers that are all bunched together can still be perceived as beautiful against a bigger, broad enough backdrop.
Perhaps, this is why a brilliantly colored tree in the Fall is so visually enjoyable when it stands in contrast to its surroundings.
Context is more of a function of how we notice what we notice and why we do.
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