Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental artist who is mainly concerned with the natural world. His artworks can be analyzed through the Postmodern Frame; he uses natural and found materials such as leaves, sticks, rocks and spit to form his sculptures and challenges the notion of the art object as permanent and valuable. He also documents his works through photography, a non-traditional art medium, due to their transitory nature. He intends to amuse the audience and question their use of the environment. One of his artworks, "Midsummer Snowballs" (2000), consists of thirteen oversize snowball sculptures formed out of concealed pieces of natural materials, including river pebbles, ears of barley and feathers.
Brian noticed that “there were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them, but not too much low brush” and two hundred yards up there seemed to be a belt of thick, lower brush starting—about ten or twelve feet high—and that formed a wall he could not see through. It seemed to go on around the lake, thick and lushly green.” Other than studying the place they were going to travel they also had concerns, worry, and fear during their conflict with nature. In the beginning of Clay’s journey when “he sat down and looked at the treacherous snow-covered slope” he thought to himself that “It was manifestly impossible for him to make it with a whole body, and he did not wish to arrive at the bottom shattered like the pine tree.” Brian’s worries during his journey were that “He didn't want to be anywhere in the woods when it came to be dark. And he didn't want to get lost.” The differences between the stories are how the characters react with nature which depends on the character’s personality and background and the historical period in which the conflict takes place. Clay lives in the 1800s and Brian lives in the twentieth century.
Between the leaves of the trees, Columbus is pictured confidently striding, as if to mimic his steps when he discovered the New World. Imagine a fresh spring day, walking through the park as the wind rustles the leaves and squirells play in the trees. Walking on the path to be suddenly graced by a Columbus statue, reminisces of freedom, power, and discovery. If the statue had been placed elsewhere (e.g. Las Vegas), it’s importance would be considerably less.
The shuttlecocks were created in the shape of an obvious triangle. The artists did not use any values when painting these sculptures. Since these are three-dimensional sculptures, the need to create three-dimensionality using values doesn’t exist. Natural light does create excellent shadows within the individual sculptures. Each sculpture has incorporated an individual sense of movement.
Diving down the Westport road, I park my car at the event parking lot in Pennsylvania Ave. It’s past 9:00 on a Friday night. The sound makes me walking in the Europe Street, but there is not in Europe. In addition, the atmosphere is to my liking such as not Kansas City. Usually, living a Kansas City is not living in an urban city. Sure thing is that most people who live in Kansas City think Kansas City is urban.
Tree To¬¬¬ps Valley Discussion Questions: 7/1/12 2) What factors would account for the differences in tree species from the higher elevations of Tree Tops Valley, where pine trees dominated, to the lower part of the valley, which seemed to be mostly broad-leafed trees? In the higher elevations pine trees dominated due to the type of soil and the amount of sunlight available for the trees. The lower part of the valley had small spring-fed streams interlacing the growth of broad-leafed trees. Also, it is too cold at higher elevations for broad-leafed trees to survive. The valley and surrounding hillsides included different species such as black walnut hardwoods, red and silver maple, beech, red and white oaks, sycamores, white ash, yellow poplar, black and pin cherries, and some softer wooded aspen, sweet birch, and American basswood (a.k.a.
Chicago and New York City are very busy cities. Lots of people are walking around both even in the coldest weather. Both cities have a tremendous amount of cars as well. There are
The Village of North Conway “The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild wood which surrounds them, more than to the gardens of men” said by the famous Henry David Thoreau in 1906 describing the bungalows and villages along the way up the Merrimack River. I find his writing interesting and true, and his quote of course captures what I believe to be nature and the wild nestled in a town by the name of North Conway, a heavenly and popular town, known for its outdoor festivities and outlets in the beautiful Carroll County in the mountainous Washington national forest. The town is always alive and full of energy, from the cold frozen over winter months to the sometimes sweltering heat of the summer time, there is always something going on. Then again North Conway is the largish village in the town of Conway, which is nestled in the glorious basin of MT Washington to the west and Merriman forest towards
The tombstones showed signs of wear from the rough weather conditions here in Missouri, but they were still in better condition than the gravestones in the Civil War memorial. Turning my attention away from the cemetery I look out into the Lone Jack Museum Park. I see the gravel parking lot empty because the museum is closed today. I see the magnificent old trees littered in the park. One particular tree that sticks out is the Black Jack tree.
He ought to recollect the glare of the moon and the colours of the dawn and dusk.“ (Lane, C Belden, Landscapes of the sacred: geography and narrative in American spirituality) Whenever someone tells me about Canada, always first comes to my mind images of wild and untamed territories, beautiful landscapes with big majestic trees, pure peaceful lakes, vivacious rivers, and huge grey mountains. Those images are not personal recollections, since I’ve never been to Canada but I’ve heard so many stories and read so many books that I’ve built my own representation of Canada and committed those landscapes to memory. According to the Webster dictionary a landscape can be described as 1-: a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery 2-: the landforms of a region in the aggregate 3-a portion of territory that can be viewed at one time from one place 4-: a particular area of activity: scene 5-obsolete: vista, prospect If we follow those definitions the landscape appears as something physical, geographical: a limit, a frontier, a mountain or a river. But in effect a landscape can also be understood as something more than just a ‘land’: it can also be understood as a place of practice, or memory, a place with a meaning. This meaning can either be spiritual, artistic, historic or cultural.