Last semester, I took an art history class with Professor Lepage on Mesoamerica and the Andes. We studied the Nasca people, a pre-Incan culture in Peru. Like other Andean cultures, the Nasca people were deeply connected to the land.
The Nasca are most well know for the enormous drawings they made I the Peruvian desert. They are so large they can be seen from Google maps. Archaeologists and art historians still do not know exactly what these lines were used for. One of the theories is that they were used in ritual ceremonies somehow.
These line remind me of Andy Goldsworthy’s work. However, the lack of wind and heavy rain mean these lines have been preserved for more than 2,000 years. On Friday, a truck driver purposefully drove through parts of the lines near the highway. You can read the full NYT article below.
https://nyti.ms/2GEsR7p
Do you all believe this is an early form of eco art? How can we protect these ancient pieces of art work from modern technological advances?
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