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The Ecological Eye: Assembling an Ecocritical Art History

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Ecological Eye: Assembling an Ecocritical Art History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Andrew Patrizio
SeriesRethinking Art's Histories
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreTheory of art
Art History
Ecological science
Applied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9781526121561
ClassificationsDewey:701.18
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 6 December 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the history of art? Building on the latest work in the discipline, this book provides the blueprint for an 'ecocritical art history', one that is prepared to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, climate change and global warming. Without ignoring its own histories, the book looks beyond - at politics, posthumanism, new materialism, feminism, queer theory and critical animal studies - invigorating the art-historical practices of the future. -- .

Author Biography

Andrew Patrizio is Professor of Scottish Visual Culture in the School of the History of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh -- .

Reviews

'The book is an important contribution to art history and visual culture. It provides a much-needed map for an "ecocritical art history", making accessible writing in not only art history but the environmental humanities overall.' Professor Lisa Bloom, Scholar in Residence, Beatrice Bains Center, University of California, Berkeley -- .