The cultivated landscape : an exploration of art and agriculture / Craig Pearson & Judith Nasby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, C. J.

Contributor:

Nasby, Judith, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture in art.

Art and society.

Agriculture--Social aspects--History.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the late twentieth century, idyllic depictions of eighteenth-century manorial landscapes had become artistic expressions of dislocation. Western agricultural paradigms had shifted, as had the relationship between art and agriculture. The Cultivated Landscape uses over seventy illustrations to look at the development of Western agriculture from feudal times to the present. Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby discuss the evolution of how we think about agriculture, its use of the land and impact on landscape, and how landscape has been portrayed historically in art. They also offer a wider discussion on the role that science and economics have played in agricultural development and the parallels to changes in art form. The Cultivated Landscape ends with a discussion of the complex issues facing agriculture today, the need for greater connectivity between agriculture and our environment, and options for the future.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; ONE: Custodians of the Landscape in Europe; TWO: New World Expansion; THREE: Production and Productivity; FOURE: Productivity to Excess; FIVE: Sustainability; SIX: Millennium Accounting; SEVEN: Connecting the Future; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Information on Illustrations; About the Authors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [255]-271.

ISBN:

9786612865459

9780773578371

0773578374

9781282865457

1282865455

9780773574908

0773574905