Land Arts of the American West

by Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor

Book Overview

Land art encompasses the full spectrum of human responses to a specific landscape over time. From the perspective of architect Chris Taylor and artist Bill Gilbert, land art ranges from the inscription of pictographs and petrogylphs to the construction of roads, dwellings, and monuments, as well as traces of those actions. It includes gestures both small and grand, directing our attention from potsherd, cigarette butt, and mark in the sand to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716729
• ISBN13: 9780292716728
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.2" x 10.0"