Art and Protest
$110.00
Unit price
per
Author: Charlotte Yeldham
The New Forest Act of 1877 marked the first major instance of official protection of natural environments for public benefit in Britain. For the first time, and within an eco-critical framework, this study examines the role played by art during the anti-enclosure campaign that preceded this Act – highlighting both the hitherto-unacknowledged extent of German influence, as well as the significance of connections between landscape art of the day and priorities of the early Open Spaces movement. While the New Forest Act was preceded by the achievement of similar official protections in Fontainebleau Forest in France (1861) and in Yosemite (1864) and Yellowstone (1872) in the USA, the role of art and artists in securing the protections was most significant in the case of Britain. The book includes works by the German and British artists George Bouverie Goddard, Wilhelm Kümpel, Alfred Pizzi Newton, Wilhelm Trautschold, and Edmund George Warren.
ISBN 9783111023359. De Gruyter. pb. 112 pages. 11 colour ills. 23 x 15.5 cm.
available
The New Forest Act of 1877 marked the first major instance of official protection of natural environments for public benefit in Britain. For the first time, and within an eco-critical framework, this study examines the role played by art during the anti-enclosure campaign that preceded this Act – highlighting both the hitherto-unacknowledged extent of German influence, as well as the significance of connections between landscape art of the day and priorities of the early Open Spaces movement. While the New Forest Act was preceded by the achievement of similar official protections in Fontainebleau Forest in France (1861) and in Yosemite (1864) and Yellowstone (1872) in the USA, the role of art and artists in securing the protections was most significant in the case of Britain. The book includes works by the German and British artists George Bouverie Goddard, Wilhelm Kümpel, Alfred Pizzi Newton, Wilhelm Trautschold, and Edmund George Warren.
ISBN 9783111023359. De Gruyter. pb. 112 pages. 11 colour ills. 23 x 15.5 cm.
available