Landscape

The Earth and nature are, and always have been, an immeasurable source of inspiration. This is particularly true of our most immediate surroundings. Every artist feels an attachment to their homeland, which they strive to depict by way of photographing, drawing, or painting the natural riches and the typical scenery of their environment. Art History demonstrates a range of approaches to landscapes across the centuries and the various artistic movements that spanned them.

Landscapes and nature are also recurrent religious themes: flora and fauna have special symbolism in Christianity. Landscapes take on many forms: realist, narrative, symbolic, idealist… each time, the artist is portraying his own relationship with nature. Some of the biggest masterpieces in painting are landscapes, it's impossible not to mention Van Gogh's Starry Night, Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire, Money's Sunrise, Giorgione's The Tempest. Almost all painters have dabbled in landscapes at some point, in forests, mountains, oceans, towns… the term itself holds an infinite number of possibilities.

Nature also provides a source of inspiration in the multitude of different visual and approaches available under the sensitive eye of the artist. Colours and landscapes are rich and varied, an infinite plurality. Nature is also a major theme in philosophy, in which the search for the truth – and knowing whether reality itself is truth – is at the heart of the work of all philosophers. Similarly, the theme of nature traverses the ages and artistic movements, inspiring every artist. The landscape links the artist to their past and their childhood, and their individual style then gives them free reign over their personal interpretation and representation of these lasting impressions.

A bewitching evening light, a hay stack, a sunflower field, or the flowing of a river, these are the moments familiar to all of us that artists continually choose to represent.

Nowadays in Contemporary Art, the landscape itself has become the medium. Land Art is a movement which utilises nature as materials, and which has vaulted the barriers of the traditional art market to create works in the outdoors which are only accessibly in their environment. Land Art ties together the visual and the sensorial experiences, bringing the art to life in all its dimensions.

You can find a range of works depicting urban landscapes, mountains, sunrises, the rural French countryside and beyond, beautiful photos of our natural heritage, volcanoes, waterfalls, and so much more, on Artsper.

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Landscape

Cervin

Paysage du Tarn Puylaurens

African Journey

Cherry blossoms

Peach blossom in Spring

Blooming lilies pond

Blooming lilies pond

Blooming lilies pond

Water lily, Flower of purity

Morning on the lake

Morning on the lake

Morning on the lake

Morning on the lake

Water Lilies

Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street

Morning on the lake

Lovers pond

Lovely summer

Sparkling heaven

Heavenly light

Lovers Pond

Early morning on the lake

Summer mountain scenery

Morning on the lake

Morning on the lake

Morning on the lake

Landscape - spring

Woman. Guejar-Sierra

Extérieur de ciel

Nuage fine

Felt Hawthorn

L'arbre qui pleure

The Spirits of the River Parseta

The Power of Nature in Klopotowo

Wooden horse

Perfect misty day

Morning after black saturday

Strawberry seller

Dancing Moons

Enchanted Falls

A Summers Trail

The last huntsman

Obscured by clouds

Feu d'Artifice

Perspective sur le plateau

Whispers of the Wind

Whispers of Spring in Rural Repose

A travers les sapins

Paysage romantique

Three Lotuses

Ciel rose sur le rivage Ref BDNW10745

Rivage temps gris Ref BDNW10742

Toits de Lyon par temps gris Ref BDNW10740

Arbre Feuille

L'arbre de la connaissance #1

Llibre 5

Two rabbits

Summer Games

Leaves

Le déversoir

Tropicarios #6

Crépuscule sur le Golfe du Morbihan

Premonition

Scribe moderne

Ida

Bunch of flowers