The Cultivated Landscape

by Pearson, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780773532465
• ISBN10: 0773532463
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

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 Landscapeuses 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 Landscapeends 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.

Author Biography

Judith Nasby is adjunct professor of fine art and director and curator of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph. Craig Pearson is presidential advisor on international programs and professor of agricultural policy, University of Guelph.

Table of Contents

Custodians of the Landscape in Europe	p. 3
New World Expansion	p. 30
Production and Productivity	p. 69
Productivity to Excess	p. 102
Sustainability	p. 127
Millennium Accounting	p. 165
Connecting the Future	p. 195
Appendices	p. 235
Notes	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 255
Information on Illustrations	p. 273
About the Authors	p. 289
Index	p. 291
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