Artistic visions of the Anthropocene North: climate change and nature in art

In the era of the Anthropocene, artists and scientists are facing a new paradigm in their attempts to represent nature. Seven essays, which focus on art from 1780 to the present that engages with Nordic landscapes, argue that a number of artists in this period work in the intersection between art, s...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hedin, Gry (HerausgeberIn), Gremaud, Ann-Sofie N. 1981- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Schriftenreihe:Routledge advances in art and visual studies
Routledge advances in art and visual studies
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Zusammenfassung:In the era of the Anthropocene, artists and scientists are facing a new paradigm in their attempts to represent nature. Seven essays, which focus on art from 1780 to the present that engages with Nordic landscapes, argue that a number of artists in this period work in the intersection between art, science, and media technologies to examine the human impact on these landscapes and question the human-nature dichotomy. Canadian artists such as Lawren Harris and Geronimo Inutiq are considered alongside artists from Scandinavia and Iceland such as J.C. Dahl, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Toril Johannessen, and Bjoerk
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 169 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9781315311876
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