Transcript Stonehenge

Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, England
 2000 BCE
 Height about 13 ½ ‘ tall
 Part of the Neolithic Era
 It is a large grouping or
cromlech of gigantic stones
 The stones were dragged more than 20
miles to be trimmed and stood on end.
 The lintels- or horizontal pieceswere curved slightly to fit the
circular plan.
 Post and lintel system
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Stonehenge was constructed to
indicate the solstices and equinoxes
of the calendar year as well as the
times for planting, harvest, and
religious ceremonies.
 On the east is a “heel stone”.
This marks where the sun rises
on the summer solstice.
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Earthworks- Sculptural forms of earth,
rocks, or sometimes plants, often on a vast
scale and in remote locations. Some are
deliberately impermanent.
Probably occurred in three stages
Modern Day Earthworks Artist
Andy Goldsworthy
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British
Born 1956
Uses a range of natural materials—snow,
ice, leaves, bark, rock, clay, stones,
feathers petals, twigs
http://www.morningearth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS/AN_Golds
worthy.html
Carhenge-Nebraska
Carhenge is a relipica of Stonehenge using cars as stones. The
artist of this unique car sculpture, Jim Reinders, experimented with
unusual and interesting artistic creations throughout his life. While
living in England, he had the opportunity to study the design and
purpose of Stonehenge. His desire to copy Stonehenge in physical size
and placement came to fruition in the summer of 1987. Thirty-eight
automobiles were placed to assume the
same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle
measuring approximately 96 feet in diameter.
Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep,
trunk end down, while those cars which are placed
to form the arches have been welded in place.
All are covered with gray spray paint. The honor
of depicting the heel stone goes to a 1962 Caddy.
Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders'
father who once lived on the farm where Carhenge
now stands.