The Cultivated Landscape
An Exploration of Art and Agriculture
Craig Pearson, Judith Nasby
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Cultivated Landscape
An Exploration of Art and Agriculture
Craig Pearson, Judith Nasby
About This Book
By the late twentieth century, idyllic depictions of eighteenth-century manorial landscapes had become artistic expressions of dislocation. Western agricultural paradigms had shifted, as had the relationship between art and agriculture. The Cultivated Landscape uses over seventy illustrations to look at the development of Western agriculture from feudal times to the present.
Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby discuss the evolution of how we think about agriculture, its use of the land and impact on landscape, and how landscape has been portrayed historically in art. They also offer a wider discussion on the role that science and economics have played in agricultural development and the parallels to changes in art form.
The Cultivated Landscape ends with a discussion of the complex issues facing agriculture today, the need for greater connectivity between agriculture and our environment, and options for the future.