Celebrating the Less than Peachy

The most pronounced line in this photo is the line of the river traveling off into the distance. The dead trees also make a line that matches with the horizon. The river forms a triangle. The contrast in the shadows and highlights of the grass add to the sense of deadness that it gives off. The point of view is straight on and distant which is typical to a landscape.

This picture is celebrating the earth. Even though the trees are dead and skeleton they are still beautiful. The photo conveys a certain solemn are similar to Vincent Van Gogh's painting Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background. Van Gogh painted this piece in 1889. Van Gogh uses dark, muted colors and the picture has a gloomy mood, but that is part of what makes it beautiful. The tan, dying long grass is found in both images and help to convey the gloomy solemn tone that links the images. These images are a reminder that even in mourning and solemn times there can be beauty and that is worthy of celebrating.

Earthworks manipulate nature. It is changed in what ever way the artist sees fit. Earthworks are humans creating based on the within nature while landscapes are just capturing nature in its true, original, and unadulterated beauty. When making an earthwork the artist often tries to push boundaries in their work done in part by the manipulation, but while a landscape can be controversial, it is often much more tame and straight forward.