Title: Environmental Art: what it is, examples and artists - Iberdrola
Headings: Environmental artists, a sustainable trend
WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL ART?
Environmental artists, a sustainable trend
ART AND NATURE
CHARACTERISTICS AND AIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ART
FROM 'LAND ART' TO 'ARTE POVERA'
GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL ARTISTS
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Content: Ecoart uses natural, sustainable materials like earth, stones, leaves and branches. Tthe main aims of environmental art are to: Raise awareness of the dangers facing the planet and promote its conservation. Encourage communication and citizen participation to protect nature. Incentivise political commitment to fight global warming and its impact. FROM 'LAND ART' TO 'ARTE POVERA'
Environmental art encompasses other, similar movements, such as ecological art, arte povera and land art. The last of these changes the landscape by installing large-scale works of art, such as gigantic spirals, ditches and ramps created using the land itself or natural materials, to inspire emotions in those who view them. The first examples of land art appeared in the United States at the end of the sixties and, generally, the works mutated and ended up disappearing due to erosion. Keys about environmental art. SEE INFOGRAPHIC: