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The Awe of the Arctic

A Visual History
Buch | Hardcover
258 Seiten
2024
Hatje Cantz Verlag
978-3-7757-4807-0 (ISBN)
CHF 74,90 inkl. MwSt
• A 500-year history of the Polar North
• Woodcuts, engravings, photographs, maps, and artifacts from the New York Public Library
• The impact of images on our understanding of the climate crisis
lt;p>For centuries, what lies above the Arctic Circle has been a source of intrigue for those who live below its border. Stories from the ancient Greeks mixed with Norse mythology and reports from early voyages have given rise to lively conceptions of ice-free waters and a fabled people who lived at the top of the world. Expeditions to the Arctic in search of resources and trade routes slowly replaced these legends with more accurate information. Yet even these narrative accounts were filled with details of a foreign world that excited the imagination. Accompanying illustrations seemed to promise verisimilitude, giving shape to the incredible.
Drawing on the rich collections of The New York Public Library, this lavishly illustrated catalogue is a large survey of how the Arctic has been visually depicted, defined, and imagined over the past 500 years, and invites us to consider how this history has shaped our current understanding of the polar North and the peoples for whom it is home. The presentation ranges from 16th-century explorers who attempted to capture the perceived strangeness of a remote region to contemporary artists whose workconveys the human impact on its changing climate and vulnerable landscape.

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Sprache englisch
Maße 257 x 299 mm
Gewicht 1745 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte Arktis • Bücher • Fotografie • Kunst • Umwelt
ISBN-10 3-7757-4807-5 / 3775748075
ISBN-13 978-3-7757-4807-0 / 9783775748070
Zustand Neuware
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