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By the 18th century this conception had shifted: the garden had become a symbol of worldly power and politics. Today, the Anthropocene, the era in which humankind dominates nature with disastrous consequences, forces us to radically rethink the role we have given the garden historically. As a result, there is renewed interest in the garden among contemporary makers, thinkers and writers, driven not by romantic desire for retreat but rather a call for a new awareness of our relationship with the earth.\u003cbr\u003eThrough essays, illustrations and an extensive abecedarium, \u003ci\u003eOn the Necessity of Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on the garden as an abiding metaphor for society and culture.\u003cbr\u003eEntries include: Anthropocene, Arcadia, Bouquet, Roberto Burle Marx, Compost, Dumbarton Oaks, Edible Estates, Ermenonville, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Herb Garden, Japanese Garden, Derek Jarman, Kew Gardens, Lawn, Park, Quaker Garden, Queer Ecology, Roots, Vita Sackville-West, Versailles, Vibrant Matter and Zen Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50633388753169,"sku":"GOR012458752","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51066779009297,"sku":"NIN9789493246003","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51850015801617,"sku":"NGR9789493246003","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52739421765905,"sku":"GOR014606897","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9493246000.jpg?v=1751223408"},{"product_id":"mothering-myths-book-camille-henrot-9789493246423","title":"Mothering Myths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive, intersectional and transhistorical meditation on depictions of motherhood in art, from the Middle Ages to today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Centraal Museum, Utrecht and Nest, The Hague.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in the visual arts, this book gathers a multitude of voices on the theme of motherhood. Though central to the core of all life, the topic of motherhood has long been relegated to the private domain. Within the art world, depictions of motherhood have also been fraught. From the Middle Ages to the 20th century, Mary was depicted as the \"primal mother.\" Mothers were idealized in Western art, often as women who sacrifice themselves for the good of their children. Moreover, these idealized depictions were usually made by men. In modern and contemporary art, motherhood has been considered trivial and insignificant, not a subject for great art. Artist Lise Halle Baggesen, in her extensive art project \u003ci\u003eMothernism\u003c\/i\u003e, describes a \"mother-shaped hole\" a black hole in the history of art when it comes to the depiction of maternal care. To this day, that cliché is still largely transmitted to female artists in art school. Young women artists often receive the message that they should not make \"womb art\" and that motherhood is not an interesting theme for good art. As an artist with a womb, you are often told to choose between artistry and motherhood because both require a full commitment which would make them incompatible.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the format of the previously published \u003ci\u003eOn the Necessity of Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMothering Myths\u003c\/i\u003e starts from the same base: an abecedary intersected by longer essays. The abecedarium gathers fragments of shorter texts that together offer a layered and wide-ranging perspective on the meaning of motherhood, including selections by Tracey Emin, Paul B. 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