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Earth Art
Marissa Akdemir 11 TS

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What is Earth Art?
 Also known as…
 Land Art
 Earthworks
 Environmental Art
 Create art using natural resources/mediums
 Altering the form of natural environments
 Grow/evolve, stay, change
 Stones, leaves, mud, twigs, etc.
 Mid 1960s and 70s
 Large
 Sculptures
 Photographed

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What Influenced Earth Art?
 Reaction to commercialism
 Artificial
 Outside of Gallery
 ‖A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its
charge, and becomes a portable object or
surface disengaged from the outside world.‖ –
Robert Smithson
 Post war industrialization
 The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – 1962
 Minimalism
 Simple forms
 Emotion
 Visuals

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Andy Goldsworthy
 July 26, 1956 – British
 Bradford College 1974 – 75
 Preston Polytechnic 1975 – 78
 ―I can‘t edit the materials I work with.
My remit is to work with nature as a
whole. I find nature as a whole
disturbing. Nature can be harsh –
difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn‘t walk
five minutes from here without coming across something
that is dead or decaying.‖ —Andy Goldsworthy

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Artwork
 “intimate and enclosed”
 Contrast – stones
 He uses leaves of intense color
 Fades from green to yellow
 Dark to light
 The colors emphasizes the 3
dimensional form
 Smooth texture
Goldsworthy, Andy. Leaves Laid on a River
Boulder. 1999. Leaves and water.

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Robert Smithson
 January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973
 Passaic, New Jersey
 Airplane
 Art Students League of New York
 Earthworks
 "I am for an art that takes into
account the direct effect of the elements as they exist
from day to day apart from representation.‖
 Entropy

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Artwork
 Colors
 Not intense
 Natural & neutral
 Symmetry
Smithson, Robert. Broken Circle.
1971. Emmen, Netherlands.

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Spiral Jetty
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970 (Great
Salt Lake, Utah)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Shana
Gallagher-Lindsay

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Richard Long
 June 2, 1945
 Bristol
 West of England College of Art – 1962 – 1965
 St. Marin‘s School of Art – 1968
 "Nature has always been a subject
of art, from the first cave paintings to
twentieth-century landscape
photography. I wanted to use
the landscape as an artist in new
ways..."

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Artwork
 Rough Texture
 Wood, rocks
 Form
 Shape
Richard Long

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Comparing Earth Art
 Materials
 Colors
 Commercialism
 Purpose/functions
 Simplicity
vs.
Detail
Lascaux, about 15,000 – 13,000 BC. Dordogne, Fance
Goldsworthy, Andy. Clay Wall.
1999. Clay. Musée Départmental
De Digne, Digne-Les-Baines,
Haute Province, France.

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Works Cited
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 "Monumental Land Art." Of the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
 Andy Goldsworthy. Digital image. National Gallery of Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Oct. 2013.
 "Learn about Movements & Styles and Other Art Land Art - Art We Love." Learn about Movements & Styles and Other Art Land Art - Art We Love.
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Works Cited (continued)
 "Minimalism." Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
 "Land Art." Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
 Robert Smithson. Digital image. Http://impossiblecloud.blogspot.com/. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2013.
 "Earthworks_(art)." Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
 "Robert Smithson." Reference.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2013.
 Siegal, Joshua. Earthworks Art. N.p.: n.p., Fall 2004. PDF.
 "ArtLex Art Dictionary." ArtLex Art Dictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.
 "Guggenheim." Richard Long. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.
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 "Robert Smithson Earthworks." HubPages. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.
 Goldsworthy, Andy. Time. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Print.
 Goldsworthy, Andy. River of Earth. Digital image. Http://lauracricket.tumblr.com/. N.p., 10 June 2012. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
 Long, Richard. The Art of Richard Long. Digital image.Http://12monthscreativity.wordpress.com. N.p., 17 May 2011. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
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 Smithson, Robert. Emmen Smithson Broken Circle. Digital image. Wikipedia.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
 Goldsworthy, Andy. Boulder Covered with Flower Petals and Leaves. Digital image.Steeplemedia.com. N.p., 7 July 2007. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
 Richard Long. Digital image. The Guardian. N.p., 15 June 2012. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.