Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature

by Petra Halkes

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802038948
• ISBN13: 9780802038944
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher