Ecocriticism and the anthropocene in nineteenth-century art and visual culture / edited by Maura Coughlin and Emily Gephart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coughlin, Maura, editor.

Gephart, Emily, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in art and visual studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society--History--19th century.

Art and society.

Ecocriticism.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals, and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture. They draw their theoretical inspiration from the vitality of emerging critical discourses such as new materialism, ecofeminism, critical animal studies, food studies, object-oriented ontology, and affect theory. This timely volume looks back at the early decades of the Anthropocene to query the agency of visual culture to critique, create and maintain more resilient and biologically diverse local and global ecologies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"A Demonstration to the World" : Art, Political Ecology, and the Global American Civil War / Alan C. Braddock

Ruskin's Storm-Cloud and Tyndall's Blue Sky : New Materialist Diffractions of Nineteenth-century Atmospheres / Polly Gould

Cultivating Fruit and Equality : The Still-Life Paintings of Robert Duncanson / Shana Klein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ecocriticism and the anthropocene in nineteenth century art and visual culture

ISBN:

9780367180287

0367180286

OCLC:

1104913447