{"product_id":"the-ecological-eye-assembling-an-ecocritical-art-history-paperback","title":"The Ecological Eye: Assembling an Ecocritical Art History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Patrizio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book synthesises a variety of approaches to the visual, drawn from politics, theory, feminism and activism, in order to provide the blueprint for an ecocritical art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The book is an important contribution to art history and visual culture. It provides a much-needed map for an \"ecocritical art history\", making accessible writing in not only art history but the environmental humanities overall.' \u003cb\u003eProfessor Lisa Bloom, Scholar in Residence, Beatrice Bains Center, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. While there are many books that discuss individual 'eco-art' practices, up to now none has gone so far as to imagine the kind of art history that would be capable of confronting the Anthropocene and its associated environmental changes. Taking up the challenge, this book aims to awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the discipline. It draws on three main bodies of existing work. Part I examines the diverse histories of art history itself. Part II focuses on the politics of social ecology, eco-marxism and anarchy. Part III looks at emerging work in posthumanism and new materialism. Each section is framed by the idea of nonhierarchy, a response to the elite structures that continue to dominate the discipline. Aimed at inspiring future work in the area, \u003ci\u003eThe ecological eye\u003c\/i\u003e offers a grounding in existing ecocritical thinking and frames the need for a radical expansion that will allow art history to re-imagine itself in as powerful a way as possible. The book concludes with an appeal to the discipline to respond positively to the environmental justice movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The book is an important contribution to art history and visual culture. It provides a much-needed map for an \"ecocritical art history\", making accessible writing in not only art history but the environmental humanities overall.'\u003cbr\u003e Professor Lisa Bloom, Scholar in Residence, Beatrice Bains Center, University of California, Berkeley \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. While there are many books that discuss individual 'eco-art' practices, up to now none has gone so far as to imagine the kind of art history that would be capable of confronting the Anthropocene and its associated environmental changes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking up the challenge, this book aims to awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the discipline. It draws on three main bodies of existing work. Part I examines the diverse histories of art history itself. Part II focuses on the politics of social ecology, eco-marxism and anarchy. Part III looks at emerging work in posthumanism and new materialism. Each section is framed by the idea of nonhierarchy, a response to the elite structures that continue to dominate the discipline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimed at inspiring future work in the area, The ecological eye offers a grounding in existing ecocritical thinking and frames the need for a radical expansion that will allow art history to re-imagine itself in as powerful a way as possible. The book concludes with an appeal to the discipline to respond positively to the environmental justice movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Patrizio\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Scottish Visual Culture in the School of the History of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457621016829,"sku":"9781526121578","price":85.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/blRpV2ovdTRLb3ZmSkl1T1ZJS3NaQT09.webp?v=1777242455","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-ecological-eye-assembling-an-ecocritical-art-history-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}