An Introduction to Sustainability and Aesthetics: Art and Design for the Environment
- ISBN-10
- 1627345256
- ISBN-13
- 9781627345255
- Category
- Aesthetics
- Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-22
- Publisher
- Universal-Publishers
- Author
- Christopher Crouch
Description
This book introduces the idea of sustainability and its aesthetic dimension, suggesting that the role of the aesthetic is an active one in developing an ecologically, economically and culturally healthy society. With an introduction by Christopher Crouch and an afterword by John Thackara, the book gathers together a range of essays that address the issue of the aesthetics of sustainability from a multitude of disciplinary and cultural perspectives.
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