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Art and nature in the anthropocene : planetary aesthetics / Susan Ballard.

By: Ballard, Susan, 1969- [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000349528; 1000349527; 9780429328862; 0429328869; 9781000349580; 1000349586; 9781000349559; 1000349551Subject(s): Nature in art | Geology in art | Nature (Aesthetics) | Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Themes, motives | ART / History / Contemporary (1945-) | ART / History / GeneralDDC classification: 704.9/43 LOC classification: N7650 | .B35 2021Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

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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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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.

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