Teaching with images Art and the environment Both man-made and natural changes to the environment are important subjects in art's history. How Climate Changes Art By The Art Assignment Throughout history, art has helped reveal the climate around us and highlight our fragile relationship to it. Learn more Entropy and environment at Smithson's Spiral Jetty By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker Drought and rain govern when this work of art in Utah’s Great Salt Lake can be seen. Learn more Mesa Verde and the preservation of Ancestral Puebloan heritage By Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, Dr. Steven Zucker Archaeological sites are under constant threat from human and natural forces. Learn more Saving Venice By Dr. Steven Zucker, Lisa Ackerman 10 inches—that’s how far Venice has sunk. As sea levels and tourism rise, can this historic city survive? Learn more Navigation Chart, Marshall Islands By Dr. Jenny Newell, Dr. Steven Zucker Master sailors fashioned these maps from sticks and cowrie shells, registering relationships between land and sea. Learn more Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe By Dr. Billie Lythberg Tuffery’s iconic “tinned bull” addresses contemporary concerns about ecological health and food sovereignty Learn more Mogao caves at Dunhuang By Dr. Jennifer N. McIntire Located at a desert crossroads along the Silk Road, these famous caves boast wall paintings and colorful sculpture. Learn more Endangered coastlines and lifeways By Courtney M. Leonard, Dr. Beth Harris A Shinnecock artist's view Learn more Framing the American Dream By Dr. Steven Zucker, Elizabeth Gerber, LACMA Building the American dream in the California desert. Learn more The battle for National Parks By Dr. Beth Harris, Erin Monroe, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water. Learn more The landscape remade By Dr. Lauren Palmor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Dr. Steven Zucker Can the commonplace working farmland of California's Sacramento River Valley be a place of of breathtaking beauty? Learn more A breath of fresh air, NYC’s Central Park By Dr. Paul A. Ranogajec To bring “polite sociability” to the city, designers blended nature’s greatest hits into one ambitious park. Learn more
How Climate Changes Art By The Art Assignment Throughout history, art has helped reveal the climate around us and highlight our fragile relationship to it. Learn more
Entropy and environment at Smithson's Spiral Jetty By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker Drought and rain govern when this work of art in Utah’s Great Salt Lake can be seen. Learn more
Mesa Verde and the preservation of Ancestral Puebloan heritage By Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, Dr. Steven Zucker Archaeological sites are under constant threat from human and natural forces. Learn more
Saving Venice By Dr. Steven Zucker, Lisa Ackerman 10 inches—that’s how far Venice has sunk. As sea levels and tourism rise, can this historic city survive? Learn more
Navigation Chart, Marshall Islands By Dr. Jenny Newell, Dr. Steven Zucker Master sailors fashioned these maps from sticks and cowrie shells, registering relationships between land and sea. Learn more
Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe By Dr. Billie Lythberg Tuffery’s iconic “tinned bull” addresses contemporary concerns about ecological health and food sovereignty Learn more
Mogao caves at Dunhuang By Dr. Jennifer N. McIntire Located at a desert crossroads along the Silk Road, these famous caves boast wall paintings and colorful sculpture. Learn more
Endangered coastlines and lifeways By Courtney M. Leonard, Dr. Beth Harris A Shinnecock artist's view Learn more
Framing the American Dream By Dr. Steven Zucker, Elizabeth Gerber, LACMA Building the American dream in the California desert. Learn more
The battle for National Parks By Dr. Beth Harris, Erin Monroe, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water. Learn more
The landscape remade By Dr. Lauren Palmor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Dr. Steven Zucker Can the commonplace working farmland of California's Sacramento River Valley be a place of of breathtaking beauty? Learn more
A breath of fresh air, NYC’s Central Park By Dr. Paul A. Ranogajec To bring “polite sociability” to the city, designers blended nature’s greatest hits into one ambitious park. Learn more
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