Earthwork
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Image satellite de
Roden Crater en
Arizona, où
James Turrell transforme le cratère d'un volcan en observatoire astronomique.
Un Earthwork, littéralement terrassement, est un terme anglais utilisé pour désigner une œuvre d'art créée dans la nature et dont le matériel de base est la terre.
Alors que Land Art désigne l'ensemble du courant artistique qui utilise la nature comme matériau, Earthworks s'applique surtout pour les œuvres des artistes américains qui ont utilisé les déserts du sud-ouest pour lancer des projets utilisant de gros moyens techniques et laissant une trace définitive dans le paysage.
Ce sont des expositions à New York, dans le milieu des années 1960, qui ont consacré le terme.
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Earthwork — Earth work , n. 1. (Mil.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
earthwork — (n.) 1630s, from EARTH (Cf. earth) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.). In this sense O.E. had eorðbyrig; O.E. eorðweorc meant work on the land … Etymology dictionary
earthwork — ► NOUN ▪ a large artificial bank of soil, especially one made as a defence in ancient times … English terms dictionary
earthwork — [ʉrth′wʉrk΄] n. 1. an embankment made by piling up earth, esp. as a fortification 2. Engineering the work of excavating or building embankments 3. a work of art, usually massive in scale, incorporating a natural feature of an area, as a groove… … English World dictionary
earthwork — UK [ˈɜː(r)θˌwɜː(r)k] / US [ˈɜrθˌwɜrk] noun [countable] Word forms earthwork : singular earthwork plural earthworks a wall made from a pile of earth, built in the past to defend a place against attack … English dictionary
earthwork — noun Date: 1633 1. an embankment or other construction made of earth; especially one used as a field fortification 2. the operations connected with excavations and embankments of earth 3. a work of art consisting of a portion of land modified by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
earthwork — /errth werrk /, n. 1. excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation. 2. Mil. a construction formed chiefly of earth for protection against enemy fire, used in both offensive and defensive operations. 3. an artistic… … Universalium
earthwork — noun Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification … Wiktionary
earthwork — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, arch dam, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bear trap dam, beaver dam,… … Moby Thesaurus
earthwork — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rampart (see defense). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. embankment, dugout, fortification; see barrier , fortification 2 , trench … English dictionary for students
