The intersection between climate change and art history opens new
pathways for understanding how visual and material culture
mediates human relationships to the natural
world. Historical and contemporary depictions of nature
illuminate how aesthetic practices register environmental
knowledge and respond to ecological stress. Far from being a
luxury of elite culture, art history is an essential tool for
imagining alternative ecological futures.
Yiyue Sun, an artist and scholar specializing in Chinese
painting and art history, will give a Visiting Scholar in Art
History Talk, presented by the Departments of Art and Art History
and East Asian Studies. The talk is Wednesday, April 22 at 3:15
p.m. in Everson 148.
The Art History Club is open to all art studio and art history
majors, minors, and friends. Our purpose is to learn about and
discuss all things relating to art and art history.
