Art and Protest: The Role of Art during the Campaign which led to the New Forest Act (1877)

Charlotte Yeldham

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Art and Protest

The Role of Art during the Campaign which led to the New Forest Act (1877)

Charlotte Yeldham
Afterword by: Jonathan Spencer
Preface by: Tim Craven

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111025452

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About this book

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

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Charlotte Yeldham, independent art historian (MA Oxford, PhD Courtauld Institute of Art), UK

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Social and Political Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
New Forest Art between 1869 and 1874 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
1875 and the Climax of the Campaign Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
The New Forest Exhibition, Regent Street, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Until and after the Act of 1877 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Afterword: The New Forest – Shaped by the Past, Saved for the Future. 1877 to the Present Day Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Image Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: 11 farbige Abb.
Audience: scholars in Art History, Cultural Studies, English Studies, History (of Landscapes)
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 76
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
Keywords: art and nature; art; 19th century; landscape painting; art Great Britain; German artists; British artists

eBook

Published: April 3, 2023
ISBN: 9783111025452

Paperback

Published: April 3, 2023
ISBN: 9783111023359