Editing Land art (section)

{{Short description|Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s}}
[[File:Spiral-jetty-from-rozel-point.png|thumb|upright=1.3|''[[Spiral Jetty]]'' by [[Robert Smithson]] from atop Rozel Point, Utah, in mid-April 2005]]
[[File:Timelandscapeweb.jpg|thumb|''[[Time Landscape]]'' by [[Alan Sonfist]], at LaGuardia and Houston Streets in Manhattan, 1965–present]]
'''Land art''', variously known as '''Earth art''', '''environmental art''', and '''Earthworks''', is an [[art movement]] that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/l/land-art|title=Land art – Art Term|website=Tate}}</ref> largely associated with [[Great Britain]] and the [[United States]]<ref name="Kastner">{{Cite book |last=Kastner |first=Jeffrey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rolepDS3dMC&q=%22land+art%22 |title=Land and Environmental Art |date=June 23, 2010 |publisher=Phaidon Press |isbn=9780714856438 |pages=14 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Dempsey">Art in the modern era: A guide to styles, schools, & movements. Abrams, 2002. (U.S. edition of Styles, Schools and Movements, by Amy Dempsey) {{ISBN|978-0810941724}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartstory.org/movement-earth-art.htm|title=Earth Art Movement Overview|website=The Art Story}}</ref> but that also includes examples from many other countries. As a trend, "land art" expanded the boundaries of traditional art making in the materials used and the siting of the works. The materials used are often the materials of the Earth, including the soil, rocks, vegetation, and water found on-site, and the sites are often distant from population centers. Though sometimes fairly inaccessible, photo documentation is commonly brought back to the urban art gallery.<ref name="Dempsey" /><ref>[http://mymodernmet.com/andy-goldsworthy-land-art/ http://mymodernmet.com] Unexpected Land Art Beautifully Formed in Nature.</ref><ref name="la">[http://www.land-arts.com/Land_art.html http://www.land-arts.com] Land art.</ref>

Concerns of the art movement center around rejection of the commercialization of art-making and enthusiasm with an emergent ecological movement. The beginning of the movement coincided with the popularity of the rejection of urban living and its counterpart, and an enthusiasm for that which is rural. Included in these inclinations were spiritual yearnings concerning the planet [[Earth]] as home to humanity.<ref>ArtSpeak, A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present, By Robert Atkins, Abbeville Press, 2013, {{ISBN|978-0-78921-150-7}}</ref><ref name="Micucci">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2012/04/land-art-earthworks-postwar-american-art/|title=Land Art: Earthworks that Defined Postwar American Art|date=April 4, 2012|website=Art & Antiques Magazine|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327141558/http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2012/04/land-art-earthworks-postwar-american-art/|url-status=dead}}</ref>