The ecological eye: Assembling an ecocritical art history

Andrew Patrizio

doi:10.7765/9781526153371

The ecological eye aims to align the discipline of art history with ecology, climate change, the Anthropocene and the range of politics and theoretical positions that will help to ground such an approach. It looks both backwards and forwards in order to promote the capacities of close attention, vital materialism, nonhierarchy, care and political ecology. The book seeks to place the history of art alongside its ecocritical colleagues in other humanities disciplines. Three main directions are discussed: the diverse histories of art history itself, for evidence of exemplary work already available; the politics of social ecology, Marxist ecologies and anarchy, showing its largely untapped relevance for work in art history and visual culture; and finally, emerging work in posthumanism and new materialism, that challenges unhelpful hierarchies across the human, animal, botanical and geological spheres. The ecological eye concludes with an appeal to the discipline to respond positively to the environmental justice movement.

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Dedication
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Part I: Towards an ecocritical art history
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1 - The evolution of ecocritical art history
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2 - Art history in an expanded field: Techniques, materials, land, energy, environments
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3 - Ecologies of feminism and the queer
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Part II: The politics of nonhierarchy: Anarchism, social ecology and art
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4 - Anarchist and social ecological roots
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5 - Art history and anarchism
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6 - Ecologies: Political, cultural, green
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Part III: Matter, ground and flesh
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7 - New materialism and the wisdom of the rock
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8 - Art history as a posthumanities practice
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9 - Animalities and implantations
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Conclusion: Paying attention – environmental justice and ecocritical art history
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Contents

Front matter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-24

Part I: Towards an ecocritical art history
pp 25-28

1 - The evolution of ecocritical art history
pp 29-44

2 - Art history in an expanded field: Techniques, materials, land, energy, environments
pp 45-59

3 - Ecologies of feminism and the queer
pp 60-76

Part II: The politics of nonhierarchy: Anarchism, social ecology and art
pp 77-80

4 - Anarchist and social ecological roots
pp 81-94

5 - Art history and anarchism
pp 95-111

6 - Ecologies: Political, cultural, green
pp 112-130

Part III: Matter, ground and flesh
pp 131-134

7 - New materialism and the wisdom of the rock
pp 135-145

8 - Art history as a posthumanities practice
pp 146-161

9 - Animalities and implantations
pp 162-177

Conclusion: Paying attention – environmental justice and ecocritical art history
pp 178-189

Bibliography
pp 190-200

Index
pp 201-205

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