Landscapes after Ruskin

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John Ruskin, a key English art critic and social thinker of the Victorian era, asserted that artists should strive for "truth to nature," which encompasses not just technical skill but also the emotional resonance of the natural world, reflecting both beauty and terror. In today's industrialized and environmentally uncertain landscape, contemporary artists are uncovering new aspects of nature's beauty and dread, evoking a modern sense of the sublime. This volume examines how the joyful experience of nature is intertwined with anxiety over human impact on the earth. It delves into contemporary sites of the new sublime, including steel factories within nature parks, bombed cities viewed from above, and suburban construction sites, through essays by artists, photographers, art historians, and environmental experts. Featuring over fifty remarkable artworks from renowned artists such as Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, and Ai Weiwei, this collection provides thought-provoking and, at times, unsettling insights into the current state of the natural world.