Case studies of soil in art

Feller, C.; Landa, E. R.; Toland, A.; Wessolek, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-543-2015

Articles | Volume 1, issue 2

SOIL, 1, 543–559, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-543-2015

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Special issue: An introduction to SOIL

SOIL, 1, 543–559, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-543-2015

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Review article 13 Aug 2015

Review article | 13 Aug 2015

Case studies of soil in art

C. Feller¹, E. R. Landa², A. Toland³, and G. Wessolek³ C. Feller et al.

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¹Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 28 rue Dr Blanchard, 30700 Uzès, France
²Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
³Department of Soil Protection, Institute for Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ernst Reuter Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Received: 14 Aug 2014 – Discussion started: 09 Feb 2015 – Revised: 09 Jun 2015 – Accepted: 16 Jul 2015 – Published: 13 Aug 2015

Abstract. The material and symbolic appropriations of soil in artworks are numerous and diverse, spanning many centuries and artistic traditions, from prehistoric painting and ceramics to early Renaissance works in Western literature, poetry, paintings, and sculpture, to recent developments in film, architecture, and contemporary art. Case studies focused on painting, installation, and film are presented with the view of encouraging further exploration of art about, in, and with soil as a contribution to raising soil awareness.