https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Paul-Ardenne-Art-ecologique-Creation-plasticienne-Anthropocene https://booksandideas.net/Paul-Ardenne-Art-ecologique-Creation-plasticienne-Anthropocene 2019-11-07T08:00:00Z text/html en Juliette Bessette Arts environmentalism commitment Institut français contemporary art visual arts anthropocene <p>What effects do works of art have on consciousness and society? Ecological art asks this question in a new and urgent way, by calling upon us to befriend endangered nature.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Kara-Walker-s-Fons-Americanus-at-Tate-Modern https://booksandideas.net/Kara-Walker-s-Fons-Americanus-at-Tate-Modern 2019-10-10T07:00:00Z text/html en Vanina Géré Arts slavery history African American art history monument visual arts Books and ideas originals sculpture memorial <p>Visual artist Kara Walker's <i>Fons Americanus</i> is this year's commissioned work for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. While addressing the current debates regarding memorials, it goes beyond a mere rewriting or righting of history.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Scottish-Art-Then-and-Now https://booksandideas.net/Scottish-Art-Then-and-Now 2018-01-05T08:00:00Z text/html en Clarisse Godard Desmarest Arts architecture painting collection visual arts <p>“Ages of Wonder: Scotland's Art 1540 to Now”, an exhibition presented in Edinburgh by the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, tells the story of collecting Scottish art. Mixing historic and contemporary works, it reveals the role played by the Academy in championing the cause of visual arts in Scotland.</p>