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HOME Long before the term art was invented, ancient cultures used land, wildlife, and earthworks to realize their various ideas of worship, to express their understanding of the world, and to control their spiritual beliefs. In today's world, we must approach the limits of misconceptions and reality by respecting physical limits and challenged perceptions of time and space. There is so much to share within the limits and possibilities of our experiences, combining incisive critique and redemptive strategies. “A whitened and fractured world surrounds the artist. Organizing this corrosion mess into patterns, grids and subdivisions is an aesthetic process that has barely been touched. in) timeRepair of unexperienced feelingsUnderstanding (perception) of the unexplainablePreliminary feeling of controlProfound feeling of chance of controlImportance and acceptance of failuresIntensity from within altogetherINTRODUCTIONShort history of the very beginningAccording to early accounts, the entire Land Art movement was a set of rambling, fashionable pranks by a small group of self-proclaimed nature nerds, writes Jacob Bronowki in Land and Environmental Art. It was the time of the Vietnam War, dissatisfaction with current social systems, civil rights marches, the essential crisis of faith in Western politics and reconsiderations of well-established institutions . Well recognized artists who were socially active and aware of the importance of spiritual regeneration, environmental issues, alternative lifestyles, scientific intervention with ...... middle of paper ...... the Work depends entirely on the changing seasons of the year and weather conditions could have a significant impact on the Land Art movement. The Land Art movement sets new parameters in artistic production and reception, changing our common perception and participation, emphasizing site-specific outdoor work, using the earth as a canvas. Working in the landscape, spectacular earth sculptures of gigantic proportions have left significant marks on the desert landscapes of America, some of which are still being completed today. Aesthetic innovations. “Some of the controversies generated by the massive Smithson and Heizer earthworks were addressed in very different ecological art forms by artists who focused on natural forces such as light energy, growth, and gravity. During this work, there was no earthworks, there were no scars on the ground. Brian Wallis