earth art
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earth art
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Anna, meanwhile, devotes herself to earth art, turning machine-lasered iron cutouts laid on white sheets in the open air into large-scale, rust-patterned pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Her variation on earth art is an array of stones dolled up with foundation, bronzer and L’Oréal Paris True Match Lumi Liquid Glow Illuminator.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2017
If you stand on the Mall side you can see the tops of trees and, in the far distance, a venerable piece of urban earth art, the Washington Monument.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2016
To the realms of heaven thou from earth art gone, Thou my heaven and earth!
From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various
"O Brynhild, live!" said the Volsung, "for what shall the world be then When thou from the earth art departed, and the hallowed hearths of men?"
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William
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