{"product_id":"pastorals-end-james-pilgrim-9780226844831","title":"Pastoral's End: Art, Ecology, and Catastrophe in Renaissance Italy","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow early modern Italian painting addressed the ways humans shape and are shaped by their environments.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the sixteenth century, Italian artist Jacopo Bassano painted pictures of herdsmen and animals moving through dark and muddy landscapes. But he also participated in the agricultural development of the region in which he lived, producing topographical maps of local mountains and forests, inventing new methods of drainage and irrigation, and studying the latest techniques of crop rotation and fertilization. The relationship between Bassano's rustic art and his participation in environmental transformation has, however, never been explored. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the first studies of Italian Renaissance art to grapple with the connections between visual culture and the environment, \u003ci\u003ePastoral's End\u003c\/i\u003e explores this crucial, formative relationship. James Pilgrim looks at Bassano's career holistically, demonstrating how his involvement in a world marked by agricultural expansion, industrialization, resource extraction, environmental degradation, social transformation, and radical philosophical development informed his paintings of country life. Introducing new archival and visual evidence of Bassano's knowledge of hydrology, agronomy, husbandry, and architecture, \u003ci\u003ePastoral's End\u003c\/i\u003e argues that he transformed the more placid rustic imagery of previous Renaissance artists into visions of dangerous ecological instability. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Pilgrim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226844838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226844831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"James Pilgrim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474533499135,"sku":"9780226844831","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_741a5ce2-d69e-488f-8ef6-ef78e510fd97.jpg?v=1762317348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pastorals-end-james-pilgrim-9780226844831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}