Ballard, Susan, 1969-
Art and nature in the anthropocene : planetary aesthetics / Susan Ballard. - 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color). - Routledge advances in art and visual studies .
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"--
9781000349528 1000349527 9780429328862 0429328869 9781000349580 1000349586 9781000349559 1000349551
10.4324/9780429328862 doi
Nature in art.
Geology in art.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Art, Modern--Themes, motives.--21st century
ART / History / Contemporary (1945-)
ART / History / General
N7650 / .B35 2021
704.9/43
Art and nature in the anthropocene : planetary aesthetics / Susan Ballard. - 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color). - Routledge advances in art and visual studies .
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"--
9781000349528 1000349527 9780429328862 0429328869 9781000349580 1000349586 9781000349559 1000349551
10.4324/9780429328862 doi
Nature in art.
Geology in art.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Art, Modern--Themes, motives.--21st century
ART / History / Contemporary (1945-)
ART / History / General
N7650 / .B35 2021
704.9/43