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This invaluable volume now includes the most recent efforts by artistsGCooften in collaboration with architects and city plannersGCoto transform ravaged landscapes and desolate cityscapes into pleasure-giving parks and artworks. The book begins with an enlightening introduction tracing the historical roots of art in the landscape: Stonehenge, Indian mounds, cliff dwellings, park design from 18th-century England to modern-day golf courses. The opening chapter deals with such innovative artists as Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, Walter De Maria, and Christo, who in the 1960s began to free their art from the confines of tradition by constructing monumental sculptures in the environment. The following chapters discuss their predecessors, peers, and successors, including Constantin Brancusi, Herbert Bayer, Richard Long, James Turrell, and many others. The final four chapters (chapter 7 is entirely new) explore at length the increasing involvement of artists in land reclamation and urban design, featuring projects by Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Mel Chin, Maya Lin, and many others.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

• Full title: Earthworks And Beyond
• Subtitle: Contemporary Art In the Landscape
• Author: John Beardsley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780789208811
• ISBN: 0789208814
• ID: 09235287
• Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
• Weight: 1088 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 279 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. January 2006

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