Ethics of Earth Art

Informationen zum Autor Amanda Boetzkes is assistant professor of art and design at the University of Alberta. Klappentext Since its inception in the 1960s, the earth art movement has sought to make visible the elusive presence of nature. Though most often associated with monumental land-based sculptures, earth art encompasses a wide range of media, from sculpture, body art performances, and installations to photographic interventions, public protest art, and community projects. Zusammenfassung Since its inception in the 1960s, the earth art movement has sought to make visible the elusive presence of nature. In The Ethics of Earth Art Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction: At the Limit of Form, 1. Contemporary Art and the Nature of Site, 2. The Spiral Jetty: Allegory and the Recovery of the Elemental, 3. Ecotechnology and the Receptive Surface, 4. The Body as Limit, Conclusion: Facing the Earth Ethically, Notes, Index

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Boetzkes
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2010
• EAN: 9780816665891
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-6589-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research