Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY) - Asia, Art History, and Climate Change: The Challenges of EcoArt History

Asia, Art History, and Climate Change: The Challenges of EcoArt History

03/05/20 • 44 min

Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)

n the anthology, EcoArt History in East and Southeast Asia, case studies discuss the impact of the Little Ice Age on court painting and systems of representing marine life in the Joseon period in Korea. Other contributors consider contemporary artistic strategies, such as developing a sustainability aesthetics and focusing attention to non-human agents, to respond to environmental damage and climate change in the present. Additional essays analyze the complicated art historical ecology of heritage sites and question the underlying anthropocentrism in art historical priorities and practices. As a whole, this anthology argues for bringing ecological considerations to bear in the study of Asian art.

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