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Earthworks (réédition) - English follow
La plupart des gens croient que l’art se trouve seulement dans les galeries, sous la forme d’objets que chacun peut se procurer et apporter à la maison…
Ici, sur le haut plateau du super volcan de Yellowstone (É.-U.), l’art n’est pas accroché au mur et il ne peut être apporté avec soi… Cet art est celui de la Terre elle-même… Sa galerie est la plus belle qui soit. Et nous n’en sommes pas seulement les visiteurs, mais les habitants!
Patrice
Photo originale : source d’eau chaude provenant des profondeurs du volcan de Yellowstone, entourée de dépôts de silice colorés par des bactéries et des minéraux dissous dans l’eau - Parc national de Yellowstone (É.-U.)
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Earthworks - Redux
Most of the people believe that art is found only in galleries, in the form of objects that everyone can buy and take home. . .
Here, on the high plateau of Yellowstone super volcano (US), art is not hanging on the wall and cannot be brought home. . . This art is that of Earth itself. . . its Gallery is the most beautiful of all. And we are not only visitors but inhabitants of this world of wonders.
Patrice
Original photo: hot spring water from the depth of Yellowstone volcano, surrounded by deposits of colorful silica due to bacteria and minerals dissolved in the water - Yellowstone National Park (US)
Another view of the earthworks, left by the demolition of a parade of shops with flats above them. As seen on a walk.
A look inside the derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey. Now torn down for housing I believe, this site was famous for being on every urbexer in the South-East's "have visited" list.
Shot with my Nikon D40 and a Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
Family of fishermen performing the important function of repairing fishing gear in the fishing port of Marbella.
The derelict Fuller's Earthworks factory, in Redhill, Surrey. Now torn down for housing I believe, this site was famous for being on every urbexer in the South-East's "have visited" list.
Shot with my Nikon D40 and a Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
These two photographs today were taken in the mist beside the Tamar River. The early morning light produced beautiful soft pastel colours, and just enough to illuminate the textures in the foreground scrub. If you enlarge this shot you will be able to see emerging from the mist the primary source of my title and composition.
Decided to process this in mono.
It was a frosty morning on this visit.
Avebury is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 5.5 miles west of Marlborough and 8 miles northeast of Devizes. Much of the village is encircled by the prehistoric monument complex also known as Avebury
We have a lot of earth works going on at our property, and I am finding so many fascinating elements to document. This is an attachment for the excavator and a big pile of clay material we’re holding onto so that we can hopefully have enough to line a small dam!!
Castle Rising builf in 1140 in Norfolk. Taken atop the inner of two defensive earthworks. The central Norman keep is little changed and is one of England's finest.
"Earthworks" florists at Uppingham, with a lovely double bow window shop front. Photo could have done with some direct light on the building but it's a nice looking shop front so worth a share regardless.
Voigtlander Brilliant S (focussing)
Heliar 75mm f/3.5 lens
Ilford Delta 100 film
Lab develop & scan
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Mottes were common in Scotland the 1100s and 1200s, before they were replaced by stone castles. They were fortifications, usually consisting of a wooden keep on top of an artificial earthwork mound. Some also had an enclosed courtyard or bailey, containing additional wooden buildings, protected by a ditch and palisade.
Duffus Castle was a fortress–residence for more than 500 years, from the 1100s to the 1700s. The stone castle we see today was built in the 1300s, replacing an earlier timber fortress.
Once one of the strongest castles in Scotland, it was reduced to a decaying ruin by the time of its abandonment in 1705. But the castle remains an impressive sight, situated on a mound rising out of the flat Laich of Moray.
This earthwork winds for 35 miles/56km, but little is known about its history. In places the bank is 4m high and the ditch 2.5m deep, which suggests it was defensive. But elsewhere, what remains looks more like a boundary marker. It is not known exactly when it was built, so there are different theories. It might have been for the Romans to protect against rebellion by the Britons, the Britons to guard against invasion by the Anglo-Saxons or for the Anglo-Saxons of Wessex to defend against attack from those of Mercia. It is thought unlikely that a defensive stucture would have been made in the middle of a large wood where there would be little visibility to give warning of an approaching army, so an idea is that this would once have been farmland. Whatever the orign, it is a testament to the passing of time, now a mere curiosity encroached upon by the bluebells that are so abundant here.
Park Pale is an earthwork in Park Wood, Ruislip.
It was dug by hand about a thousand years ago and consisted of a four meter ditch and a meter high bank enclosing an area where the aristocracy could hunt deer.
Only parts of it are visible today, and parts have been worn down by erosion, due to a path along the top.
Not many English parish churches stand in ruins, and fewer still occupy sites associated with prehistoric rituals.
Four thousand years separate the late Neolithic earthwork at Knowlton and the ruined Norman church that stands at its centre. The earthwork itself is just one part of a landscape which is one of the great Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial complexes in southern England.
The pairing of the henge and the church symbolises the transition from pagan to Christian worship, and is an unusual combination of a church within a Neolithic Henge.
Knowlton used to be a thriving Saxon village until all of the inhabitants of the village were killed by the Plague. The foundations of the village can be seen as earthworks in a field a few hundred yards to the west of the church.
Newark Earthworks
The Newark Earthworks were the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world. Built by prehistoric Hopewell people between 100 BC and AD 500, this architectural wonder of ancient America was part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomical observatory.
This is the site of the medieval settlement of Appleton, which was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and gradually deserted over the medieval period. St Mary's Church is in ruins, although the round tower is still standing. The church dates back to the Late Saxon period, and contains reused Roman building material. There is a holy well in the churchyard. A chantry chapel of St Katherine was founded here in the 14th century, although no standing remains of it are visible. A 17th century estate map shows a large manor house, surrounded by a double moat, as well as a substantial farmstead to the southeast. The moat and the farm survive as earthworks.
The ruined round tower remains standing and is a Grade II* listed building.
Image of a section of the 1 1/2 mile circular earthen ceremonial fort in Highland County Ohio. The fort is made of dirt and rock and reaches 37' in height in sections. The fort was abandoned in the 5th century A.D. with the demise of the Hopewell Culture. Eleven miles of hiking trails run through the 1495 acre Fort Hill Earthworks and Nature Preserve.
The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is only one of three henges (known as Knowlton Circles) and associated earthworks. However, Church Henge is the best preserved, and is maintained by English Heritage. Nearby is Great Barrow, the largest round barrow in Dorset. Aerial photographs reveal a large number of ploughed-out barrows in the immediate vicinity.
Knowlton Church is a ruined building of unknown dedication standing near the centre of Church Henge. The earliest parts of the building are the 12th-century chancel and nave and there are 15th and 18th century additions and alterations. The church was in use in 1550, however lack of use led to calls to demolish it in 1659. But it saw a revival after this time, and a north aisle was built in 1730. Later in the 18th century the roof fell in and the church was abandoned. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The nearby Victorian-built Church of the Ascension at Woodlands has a 12th-century circular stone font originally from Knowlton Church.
Text curtesy of Wikipedia.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced in the Federal Register Dec. 14, 2010 that it is considering whether to forward any nominations from properties on the U.S. Tentative List to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre next year. The department will consider public comments received during a 30-day comment period in making a decision regarding which properties may advance for full nomination.
The list includes Serpent Mound as well as nine Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks: Fort Ancient, Mound City Group, Seip Earthworks, Hopeton Earthworks, Hopewell Mound Group, High Bank Works and the Newark Earthworks (Octagon Earthworks, Great Circle Earthworks, and Wright Earthworks).
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to list these Ohio sites alongside other cultural sites of outstanding universal value, including Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza and Cahokia Mounds. We need you to submit your comments to the National Park Service.
If you have the time and are so inclined, please send a letter (email) of support by January, 12.
More information at this link:
www.ohiohistory.org/sn/103107.html
Also, feel free to forward the information to anyone who might take an interest in this.
[the image: digital model of the Newark Octagon Earthworks]
revisit after a year...some earthworks to stabilse the road, has also made it easier to climb the hill overlooking the river...
7-4-12 - Earthworks. I snapped this classic a few weeks ago whilst it was on the job removing old steel reinforcing from the old malts works demolition job in Heathcote Valley.
This 12th century church is unusual in that it lies in the centre of neolithic earthworks. It fell into disuse in the 17th centtury but today the ruins are very popular with photographers especially with those photographing star trails.
Knowlton Church with frost and colour at sunrise this morning
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Earthworks....
Voir / see : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Art
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthwork
Cette photo a été prise au Yellowstone National Park...Il s'agit d'un phénomène d'activité volcanique typique de Yellowstone. Les substances chimiques émergeant de la Terre créent de véritables oeuvres d'art abstrait.