Environmental Protection in the Contemporary Art

Sípos, László

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03816-8_41

László Sípos⁶

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The future of Earth is in danger because of global warming and other alarming phenomena of nature. Raising awareness about the importance of environmental protection became a relevant issue in the 21st century. It is present in politics, the economy and often appears in fine art. There have been artists in the past for whom environmental protection was a capital accomplishment. Who were they and how did they behave? What can a contemporary artist do for the protection of the environment today?

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István Széchenyi Management and Organisation Doctoral School, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
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Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
Michael Palocz-Andresen
Institute of Forest- and Environmental Techniques, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
Dóra Szalay
Institute of Applied Arts, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
András Gosztom
István Széchenyi Management and Organisation Doctoral School, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
László Sípos
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Researches, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Sípos, L. (2019). Environmental Protection in the Contemporary Art. In: Palocz-Andresen, M., Szalay, D., Gosztom, A., Sípos, L., Taligás, T. (eds) International Climate Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03816-8_41

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