1. Stonehenge

2. Salisbury Plain, England
2000 BCE
Height about 13 ½ ‘ tall
Part of the Neolithic Era
It is a large grouping or
cromlech of gigantic stones
The stones were dragged more than 20 miles to be trimmed and stood on end.
The lintels- or horizontal pieces-
were curved slightly to fit the
circular plan.
Post and lintel system

4. Stonehenge was constructed to
indicate the solstices and equinoxes
of the calendar year as well as the
times for planting, harvest, and
religious ceremonies.
On the east is a “heel stone”.
This marks where the sun rises
on the summer solstice.
Earthworks- Sculptural forms of earth, rocks, or sometimes plants, often on a vast scale and in remote locations. Some are deliberately impermanent.
Probably occurred in three stages

5. Modern Day Earthworks Artist Andy Goldsworthy
British
Born 1956
Uses a range of natural materials—snow, ice, leaves, bark, rock, clay, stones, feathers petals, twigs

6. Carhenge-Nebraska same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle
Carhenge is a relipica of Stonehenge using cars as stones. The artist of this unique car sculpture, Jim Reinders, experimented with unusual and interesting artistic creations throughout his life.   While living in England, he had the opportunity to study the design and purpose of Stonehenge. His desire to copy Stonehenge in physical size and placement came to fruition in the summer of Thirty-eight automobiles were placed to assume the
same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle
measuring approximately 96 feet in diameter.
Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep,
trunk end down, while those cars which are placed
to form the arches have been welded in place.
All are covered with gray spray paint. The honor
of depicting the heel stone goes to a 1962 Caddy.
   Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders'
father who once lived on the farm where Carhenge
now stands.