Overview

This edited volume foregrounds new and vital scholarship shaping Scandinavian art historical research on the representations of the natural world. Contributors deconstruct the interlinking of people and land through critical readings of the Scandinavian representation of nature, bringing to the fore how the traditional focus on the landscape as a manifestation of temperament has tended to obfuscate critical approaches to the representation of the landscape. Making interdisciplinary connections, this volume redresses the imbalance in scholarship on the region that often emphasizes teleological national narratives and instead situates encounters with nature and the landscape in relationship to more interdisciplinary perspectives. Each chapter serves as a specific case study on topics ranging from circumpolar exploration and colonial practices, deconstructing National Romanticism myths, and contemporary artistic responses to the history of the politics of land. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, nature studies, and environmental history.

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Author:   MaryClaire Pappas (Savannah College of Art and Design, USA) ,  Tonje Haugland Sørensen (University of Bergen, Norway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781032806105

ISBN 10:   1032806109
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   15 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Section I: Beyond the Nation 2. Nature without Nationality: Extreme Weather Painter Marcus Larson 3. Frits Thaulow’s Winter Landscapes and the Joy of Friluftsliv 4. Beyond the Churchyard Wall: Stave Churches in the Medieval Landscape Section II: Nationalism and the Colonial Imagination 5. The Absence of Imperial Prospects: Colonial Ignorance in the Danish Art Historical Landscape 6. Polar Nature in Paris: François-Auguste Biard’s Arctic Landscape in the Museum of Geology and Mineralogy. 7. Reciprocity and Respect: Land-Based Artistic Practices in Response to Policies Against the Deatnu River 8. Decorative Landscape and the Politics of Personhood in Leander Engstróm’s Lappflicka Section III: Imagining Land as Resource 9. Afforestation and photography in the Anthropocene: Toril Johannessen’s “The Forest Case” (2019) 10. Site / Sight: Northern Nature, Swedish Resources 11. Looking for Lumber - the legacy of art and resource extraction in Norwegian landscape painting Section IV: Curating the Anthropocene and the Museum 12. Curating the Anthropocene Roundtable

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MaryClaire Pappas is Professor of Art History at Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. Tonje Haugland Sørensen is Senior Researcher at the University of Bergen, Norway.

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