The Greening of Art
Shifting Positions Between Art and Nature Since 1965
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History
| Author: | Marga Bijvoet | ISBN: | 9783741216244 |
| Publisher: | Books on Demand | Publication: | March 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marga Bijvoet |
| ISBN: | 9783741216244 |
| Publisher: | Books on Demand |
| Publication: | March 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The Greening of Art describes the shifts in position between art and nature which took place during the past fifty years, to set out re-establishing a new relationship between art and the landscape-environment, and attempt in various ways to re-connect art with nature. From the 1960s onward, when artists went outdoors to explore the environment as extended space of the self, via land reclamation projects and collaborations with landscape architects in redesigning whole parks to the present day, with its recent development of urban gardening projects.
The Greening of Art describes the shifts in position between art and nature which took place during the past fifty years, to set out re-establishing a new relationship between art and the landscape-environment, and attempt in various ways to re-connect art with nature. From the 1960s onward, when artists went outdoors to explore the environment as extended space of the self, via land reclamation projects and collaborations with landscape architects in redesigning whole parks to the present day, with its recent development of urban gardening projects.
