Since the commencement of the earliest civilizations humans cause got sought to mold too shape the landscape for the purposes of defense, marker territory, hunting & farming too for other practical purposes. However amongst these practical reasons for altering the natural, physical surroundings humans cause got too sought to alter the landscape for, what powerfulness move argued every bit impractical, cultural, religious too artistic reasons.
Allen Carroll of Esri has created a actually interesting Story Map which examines the history of nation art, or the 'the human urge to practice ... expressed on a really large scale'. Very Large Art uses Esri aerial imagery to cause got a unopen expect at examples of geoglyphs too other landscape art, from 3,000 twelvemonth quondam chalk figures inward England to the operate of contemporary artists.
As good every bit exploring the plant of of import artists, such every bit James Turrell too Robert Smithson, A Very Large Art too examines the operate of famous landscape gardeners, the interesting architecture of large airports too the agricultural landscapes formed every bit a effect of farming the land.
