Following official protection of natural environments for public benefit in Fontainebleau Forest in France (1861) and in Yosemite (1864) and Yellowstone (1872) in the USA, the New Forest Act of 1877 marked the first major instance in Britain. Art and artists were involved in this achievement to a greater extent than in all preceding cases. For the first time, and within an ecocritical framework, this study examines the role played by art during the previous anti-enclosure campaign - highlighting both the hitherto-unacknowledged extent of German influence in terms of the original artistic initiative and of German artists' participation in the cause, as well as the significance of connections between landscape art of the day and priorities of the early Open Spaces movement. Ecocriticism in art history With works by the German and British artists George Bouverie Goddard, Wilhelm Kümpel, Alfred Pizzi Newton, Wilhelm Trautschold, Edmund George Warren

Author: Charlotte Yeldham
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 05/24/2023
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.19d
ISBN: 9783111023359
Farbige Abb. Edition

About the Author

Charlotte Yeldham (MA Oxford, PhD Courtauld Institute of Art, London) is an independent art historian.