A diverse set of contributions to the expanding field of ecocritical
studies
Seeking a broad reexamination of visual culture through the lenses of
ecocriticism, environmental justice, and animal studies, Picture
Ecology offers a diverse range of art historical criticism formulated
within an ecological context. This book brings together scholars whose
contributions extend chronologically and geographically from
eleventh-century Chinese painting to contemporary photography of
California wildfires. The book's fifteen interdisciplinary essays
provide a dynamic, cross-cultural approach to an increasingly vital area
of study, emphasizing the environmental dimensions inherent in the
content and materials of aesthetic objects. Picture Ecology provides
valuable new approaches for considering works of art in ways that are
timely, intellectually stimulating, and universally significant.
With contributions by Alan C. Braddock, Maura Coughlin, Rachael Z.
DeLue, T. J. Demos, Mónica Domínguez Torres, Finis Dunaway, Stephen F.
Eisenman, Emily Gephart, Karl Kusserow, De-nin D. Lee, Gregory Levine,
Anne McClintock, James Nisbet, Andrew Patrizio, Sugata Ray, and Greg M.
Thomas.
Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum