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Smithson's " Spiral Jetty " from atop Rozel Point, in mid-April 2005.
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; Spiral Jetty: The northwest arm of the lake, near Rozel Point, is the location for Robert Smithson's work of land art, Spiral Jetty ( 1970 ), which is only visible when the level of Great Salt Lake drops below 4, 197. 8 feet ( 1, 280. 2 m ) above sea level.
Spiral Jetty is an example of a sited work, while Smithson's non-site pieces frequently consist of photographs of a particular location, often exhibited alongside some material ( such as stones or soil ) removed from that location.
* Pictures of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty.
* Pictures of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty.
* Review of Smithson's movie about the Spiral Jetty project.
Smithson's and from
Smithson's wealth stemmed from the splitting of his mothers estate with his half-brother, Col. Henry Louis Dickinson.
The final funds from Smithson were received in 1864 from Marie de la Batut, Smithson's nephew's mother.
Additional items were acquired from Smithson's relatives in 1878.
The coffin then lay in state in the Board of Regents ' room, where objects from Smithson's personal collection were on display.
For example, many of Alison and Peter Smithson's private houses are built from brick.
Previously, the area was leased by the Dia Art Foundation of New York, who acquired the piece by a donation from Smithson's estate in 1999.
Smithson's and .
In France, Charles Kemble initiated an enthusiasm for Shakespeare ; and leading members of the Romantic movement such as Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas saw his 1827 Paris performance of Hamlet, particularly admiring the madness of Harriet Smithson's Ophelia.
If his nephew was to die without a family, Smithson's will stipulated that he would donate his estate to the founding of an educational institution in Washington, D. C., in the United States.
Smithson's research worked was eclectic.
Smithson's estate was sent to the United States, accompanied by Richard Rush.
Smithson's personal items, scientific notes, minerals, and library also traveled with Rush.
Smithson's papers and collection of minerals were destroyed in a fire in 1865, however, his collection of 213 books remain intact at the Smithsonian.
An additional portrait, a miniature, and the original draft of Smithson's will were acquired in 1877, which now reside in the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institution Archives, respectively.
The grave site itself was going to be relocated in 1905, and in response, Alexander Graham Bell, who was a regent for the Smithsonian, requested that Smithson's remains be moved to the Smithsonian Institution Building.
After the arrival of Smithson's remains, the Board of Regents asked Congress to fund a memorial.
This chapel was to serve as a temporary space for Smithson's remains until Congress approved a larger memorial.
Some of Smithson's later writings recovered 18th-and 19th-century conceptions of landscape architecture which influenced the pivotal earthwork explorations which characterized his later work.
Part travelogue, part critical rumination, the article highlights Smithson's concern with the temporal as a cornerstone of his work.
Smithson's interest in the temporal is explored in his writings in part through the recovery of the ideas of the picturesque.
In recent years, Tacita Dean, Sam Durant, Lee Ranaldo, Vik Muniz, Mike Nelson, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation have all made homages to Smithson's works.
Spiral and Jetty
The famous Spiral Jetty was built in 1970.
The work of art known as the Spiral Jetty lies west-southwest of this site.
His most famous work is Spiral Jetty ( 1970 ), a long spiral-shaped jetty extending into the Great Salt Lake in Utah constructed from rocks, earth, and salt.
Image: Spiral-jetty-from-rozel-point. png | Spiral Jetty, Utah, USA
Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson from atop Rozel Point, in mid-April 2005
Image: Spiral-jetty-from-rozel-point. png | Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty from atop Rozel Point, in mid-April 2005
Robert Smithson, " Spiral Jetty " in mid-April 2005.
Spiral Jetty, as seen from Rozel Point
The Spiral Jetty, considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970.
Robert Smithson at the Spiral Jetty
Person standing in the middle of Spiral Jetty, photographed from the shore
In 1970 during the construction of the jetty, Robert Smithson wrote and directed a 32-minute color film, " Spiral Jetty ".
* Slideshow, time-lapse video, and QuickTime VR of Spiral Jetty.
* Spiral Jetty flickr Group
* NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day photograph of the Spiral Jetty
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