Halkes petra (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good.

1st ed. - Thesis University of Leiden. - With references. - Softcover.

Illustrated. 16 x 24 cm. 270 pages. Hardcover. Sprache: Englisch.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Original stapled wrappers, softcover, numerous illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, text in Dutch and English, oblong (circa 15x21cm).

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 270 Figures.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 270 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KBC; AGB; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2006. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Zustand: New. It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture.&Uumlber den AutorBy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The idea of nature as a cultural construction has been discussed extensively in postmodern theory. Less attention, however, has been paid to the underlying motivations shaping the ideologies of nature, in particular the desire to submit to some larger order outside of oneself. Aspiring to the Landscape examines this persistent desire and how it is made manifest in contemporary landscape art.Four installations of large-scale paintings by Canadian artists Eleanor Bond, Susan Feindel, Stephen Hutchings, and Wanda Koop are the focus of Petra Halkes's study. The works vary widely in style and iconography but are drawn together by the way they invite a reflection on the troubled relationship between culture and nature and our contradictory and simultaneous longing to conquer and to succumb to nature.It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture.…

306pp., with 52 bl/w ills., 20cm., softcover, text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, S110430.