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The Art of Ecology. Ecological Art. Thomas Cole, Course of Empire. Frederick Church, The Iceberg. Frederick Church, Rainy Season in the Tropics. Albert Bierstadt, Butterfly. Albert Bierstadt, Seal Rock. Albert Bierstadt, Rocky Mountain Indian Encampment.
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The Art of Ecology Ecological Art
The Art of Ecology • These slides illustrate the history of ecological art beginning with the ideal natural landscapes of the Romantic painters, Cole, Church, and Bierstadt. This Romantic ideal gives way to the industrial world, shown in the paintings of Sheeler and Callahan. Finally, a solution to environmental problems caused by pollution is presented with the naturalist illustration of Kate Spencer, the river stone carving by Ahmad Nadalian (representing the repopulation of fish species in depleted rivers), and the habitat sculpture of Lynne Hull