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The 4 elements of nature

Water

Argosy of animals, fresco painting, Akrotiri, Thira, ish. 1550 b.c.
Lucas Cranach, Medieval fountain of youth, 1546
Caspar David Friedrich, Limestone rocks in Rigen, 1818
Eugène Delacroix, The Barque of Dante, 1822
William Turner-Joseph Mallord, Peace, Burial at sea, 1842
Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls by the american side, 1867.
Claude Monet, Impression: The sun is rising, 1873
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bathers at Moritzburg, 1909-1926.
Nikolaos Litras, Seasight, 1925
Rene Magritte, The human Condition II, 1935.
Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and sea, 1952
Yves Klein, Anthropometry without title, 1960.
Jasper Johns, Diver, 1963
Maria Filopoulou, Specialists, 2011
Stalios Raidos, Untitled, 2019

Earth

Grotte Chauvet, France, ish. 28000 b.c.
Grotte Chauvet, France, ish. 28000 b.c.
Painting in the mule, Paggaio, 3000 b.c.
Moai, Megalithic heads, The Island of Easter, Pacific Ocean, 900-1500.
Moai, Megalithic heads, The Island of Easter, Pacific Ocean, 900-1500.
.Leonardo DaVinci, Drawing of Landscape, 1473
Adam Elsheimer, The flight into Egypt, 1609
Richard Wilson, The Vale of Narni, 1760
Caspar David Friedrich, The Cross in the Mountains, 1808
Paul Sezanne, Big pine tree and red nature, 1895
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Naked playing under the tree, 1910
Constantin Brancusi, The beginning of the world, 1924
Barett Newman, Onement I, 1948
Giannis Moralis, Sunken city, 1965
Ana Mendieta, Isla, 1981.
Tony Cragg, Caldera, 2008
George Merianos, Charred Plantain Leaf, 2019

Fire

Three kids on fire, 300 a.c., mural in catacomb of Priscila, Rome
Matthias Grunewald, Resurrection, 1515. File of the Ijenheim’s Altar.
Matthias Stomer, Young Man Reading by Candle Light, middle of 17th century
Claude laurent, Port under the sunset, 1639
Hubert Robert, Fire in Rome, 1785
William Turner, Flint Castle, 1842
John Martin, The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 1852
Franz Marc,The fate of the animals, 1913
Renato Birolli, Fire in Chinque Terre, 1955-56
Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow, 1956
Kazuo Siraga, Untitled, 1959.
Leonzilo Leonardi, The great omen, 1960
Chronis Botsoglou, The comrade G.K., 1971
Andres Serrano, Piss Christ, 1987.
Paraskevi Bakalou, Volcano, 1988

Wind

Nice of Samothrake, Unknown artist, Hellenistic period, ish. 2220-190 b.c.
Flying Horse, Brass Model of a grave in Letai, Gantsu area, China, ish. 120
Rafaelo, The triumph of Galatea, 1512-14
Annibale Karachi, Mercury bringing the Golden Apple to Paris, 17th century
Jan van Goyen, A windmill by a River, 1642
Jacob van Ruisdael - Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, 1668-1670
Joseph Mallord-William Turner, Waves breaking against the wind, 1835
Joseph Mallord - William Turner, Snow Storm Steam, 1842
Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913.
Alfred Stieglitz,Songs of the Sky, 1924. Photo.
Alberto Jiacometti, Three men walking, 1948
Rene Magritte, The infinite recognition, 1963
Steven Antonakos, Neon for Paris, 1983-1986
Panagiotis Gritzos, Effeverescence, 2017
Abidin Dino, Drawing that depicts Nazim Hikmet aw another Nice of Samothrake, 20th century
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The background image
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970

Materials→ Mule, Salt, Crystals, Ground, Water

Location→ Great Salt lake, Utah

This installation was created in the frame of the landscape art aiming to the preserve of the artwork in the region, avoiding to require permanence. The artist would like to corrode the stable shapes of the aesthetic experience, focusing his thought on the Universi instead of the Art. Smithson wanted to give a geographic dimension into the interaction between the art and the life. The masterpiece gone in 1973, when the waters of the lake covered it. 

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