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Art and nature in the anthropocene : planetary aesthetics

By: Series: Routledge advances in art and visual studiesPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color)ISBN:
  • 1000349527
  • 9780429328862
  • 0429328869
  • 9781000349580
  • 1000349586
  • 9781000349559
  • 1000349551
  • 9781000349528
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N7650 .B35 2021
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Contents:
In the holocene -- Landscapes of the anthropocene -- New taxonomies -- Acceleration -- Moving beyond geology.
Summary: "This book examines how contemporary artists have engaged with histories of nature, geology, and extinction within the context of the changing planet. Susan Ballard describes how artists challenge the categories of animal, mineral and vegetable-turning to a multispecies order of relations that opens up a new vision of what it means to live within the Anthropocene. With a particular focus on artists from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand this book reveals the emergence of a planetary aesthetics in the work of contemporary artists. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, narrative nonfiction, digital and media art, and the environmental humanities"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the holocene -- Landscapes of the anthropocene -- New taxonomies -- Acceleration -- Moving beyond geology.

"This book examines how contemporary artists have engaged with histories of nature, geology, and extinction within the context of the changing planet. Susan Ballard describes how artists challenge the categories of animal, mineral and vegetable-turning to a multispecies order of relations that opens up a new vision of what it means to live within the Anthropocene. With a particular focus on artists from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand this book reveals the emergence of a planetary aesthetics in the work of contemporary artists. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, narrative nonfiction, digital and media art, and the environmental humanities"-- Provided by publisher.

Susan Ballard is an Associate Professor of Art History at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 31, 2021).

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