04417nam 22005775 450 991015468200332120200424112023.00-226-45424-X10.7208/9780226454245(CKB)3710000000971838(MiAaPQ)EBC4815107(DE-B1597)524703(OCoLC)1125189427(DE-B1597)9780226454245(EXLCZ)99371000000097183820200424h20162005 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierNatural Visions The Power of Images in American Environmental Reform /Finis DunawayChicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]©20051 online resource (280 pages) illustrations (some color)0-226-17326-7 0-226-17325-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 1. Gleason's Transparent Eyeball -- 2. The Decline to Dust -- 3. The River of Time -- 4. A Flicker of Permanence -- 5. Nature on the Coffee Table -- 6. Thoreau with a Camera -- 7. American Elegy, American Renewal -- Epilogue. The Ecological Sublime -- Notes -- IndexWalden Pond. The Grand Canyon.Yosemite National Park. Throughout the twentieth century, photographers and filmmakers created unforgettable images of these and other American natural treasures. Many of these images, including the work of Ansel Adams, continue to occupy a prominent place in the American imagination. Making these representations, though, was more than a purely aesthetic project. In fact, portraying majestic scenes and threatened places galvanized concern for the environment and its protection. Natural Visions documents through images the history of environmental reform from the Progressive era to the first Earth Day celebration in 1970, showing the crucial role the camera played in the development of the conservation movement. In Natural Visions, Finis Dunaway tells the story of how visual imagery-such as wilderness photographs, New Deal documentary films, and Sierra Club coffee-table books-shaped modern perceptions of the natural world. By examining the relationship between the camera and environmental politics through detailed studies of key artists and activists, Dunaway captures the emotional and spiritual meaning that became associated with the American landscape. Throughout the book, he reveals how photographers and filmmakers adapted longstanding traditions in American culture-the Puritan jeremiad, the romantic sublime, and the frontier myth-to literally picture nature as a place of grace for the individual and the nation. Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, and a host of other artists, Natural Visions will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in American cultural history, the visual arts, and environmentalism.EnvironmentalismUnited StatesPictorial worksNature conservationUnited StatesPictorial worksEnvironmental protection in artNatural areasUnited StatesPictorial worksNature photographyUnited States20th centuryWildlife photographersUnited Statesenvironmentalism, conservation, photography, reform, politics, political movements, film, documentary, public opinion, walden pond, grand canyon, yosemite, national parks, ansel adams, naturalist, nature, wildlife, protection, progressive era, earth day, wilderness, majesty, beauty, sierra club, new deal, artists, activism, art, frontier myth, romanticism, sublime, transcendentalism, nonfiction, history, aesthetics, landscape, thoreau, popular culture.EnvironmentalismNature conservationEnvironmental protection in art.Natural areasNature photographyWildlife photographers333.72/0973Dunaway Finis, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut968158DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910154682003321Natural Visions2198863UNINA