Poetic landscapes
A long tradition in European painting, poetic landscapes as a genre can be perceived as complex. Often credited with elevating the status of watercolor paintings, the poetic landscape presents the viewer with an imaginary setting. In one sense, the artist is given free rein to depict mythical fantasy upon the geography of the landscape— slotting Roman architecture ruins amongst mountain landscapes where there weren't any, for instance. By idealizing and tweaking the subject, artists like Richard Wilson redesigned buildings and exaggerated geographic features to counter the more banal topographical records of the landscape.
As noted by author W.G. Leszl, this genre is based on the idea from the aesthetic theory in the Poetics of Aristotle in that the actual is imperfect whilst the idealized (because it embodies harmonious proportions and can be used to express elevated moral ideas) is the proper subject of art. Today, as the relationship between the landscape and those that inhabit it becomes more and more strained, artists such as Salvatore Mangione (Salvo) and Nick Vivian depict the landscape in its most simplistic form – to remind us of the source for our existence.
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Scott Naismith
Lumiere liquide II
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$13,351
Dispersion de magenta
Scott Naismith
Painting - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,658
Spectrum sunrise
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$17,950
Esprit insulaire
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$17,950
Esprit de magenta
Scott Naismith
Painting - 120 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$17,950
Helen Brough
Birch forest Orange small NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,167
Winter forest birch small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,167
Birch forest study V
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,092
Birch forest Sunset small NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,167
Blue boat and birch trees
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,167
Birch forest flowers small NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,167
Birch Forest Study III
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,552
Donna Carnahan
Mediterranean Summer
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,000
Positano by Ferry
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
Fruttivendola
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,244
Ponte Vecchio
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,000
Boboli Gardens
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 91 x 122 x 4 cm Photography - 35.8 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,000
Gill Bustamante
The Song of the Deer
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$1,832
The final gift of summer
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,963
The secret unicorn
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,832
The ancient spell
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 76.2 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,505
The thin place beckons
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
$3,663
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Le chaos climatique
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,432
Les quatre saison : fleurs de printemps
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,739
Suisse: Printemps
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,234
Suisse : Neige d'Automne
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,907
Suisse dernières neiges
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,963
Jardin de glace
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,019
Ruisseau dans la neige
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,458
Raymond Poulet
Les gardiens de Khéops
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$12,341
Les Violons Engloutis
Raymond Poulet
Sculpture - 21 x 41 x 23 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 16.1 x 9.1 inch
$8,863
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Sérénade hivernale
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,515
Un air de printemps
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Leon Devenice
Forever in my Heart
Leon Devenice
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch
$2,400
Cherry blossom trees
Leon Devenice
Painting - 78.7 x 104.1 x 10.2 cm Painting - 31 x 41 x 4 inch
$4,500
Mediterranean Sunset
Leon Devenice
Painting - 81.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,900
Colorful abstract flowers
Leon Devenice
Painting - 101.6 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,400
Serra Grau
Peter Keizer
Look and look again
Peter Keizer
Painting - 170 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch
$14,472
Gino Masini
Lavender & Poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
The lavender road - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$376
Hay bales and poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Iris field landscape - Tuscany painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$409
Village with sunflowers - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$376
Flowery landscape - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Field of poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Wheat field & flowers - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - x cm Painting - 0 x 0 inch
$376