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earth art

American  

noun

  1. the artistic genre consisting of earthworks.


Etymology

Origin of earth art

First recorded in 1965–70

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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

Superior as heaven and earth art thou,     What is there in the deep that thou dost not secure?

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

Supreme judge of heaven and earth art thou.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

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