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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Dancing in the dark 6
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 16 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€300
Seascape with Sailboats 35
Garry Arzumanyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€800
Mediterranean Sunset
Leon Devenice
Painting - 81.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,257
Cancan a.
Bernadette Van Baarsen
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 15 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
€240
Colorful abstract flowers
Leon Devenice
Painting - 101.6 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,303
Birch Forest Study III
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,275
Birch Forest Sunset II
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,275
Cerulean Blue Birches small
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,270
Birch forest study V
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,865
Birch forest study I NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,275
Reflets Paisibles : Pagode sur le Lac
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Une Impression Automnale de Sully-sur-Loire
Linda Clerget
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€700
Birch forest flowers small NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,040
Blue boat and birch trees
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,040
Birch forest Sunset small NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,040
Winter forest birch small
Helen Brough
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,040
Birds Spiral Gymnastics
Paul Akiiki
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.3 inch
€1,820
Cerulean blue Birches II NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Plage de Portzic, cordon
Franck Dupire
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€430
Village enneigé au pays du Soleil-Levant
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€750
Temple d'automne au pays du soleil levant
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€750
Contes d'hiver au Japon
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€750
Colorful Reflections
Leon Devenice
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,257
Blooming Water Lilies
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€13,500
Forever in my Heart
Leon Devenice
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch
€3,259
Birch forest Orange NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€7,580
Winter forest Birch NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€7,580
Birch forest bed NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Birch forest IV NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Birch forest sunset NY
Helen Brough
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,250
Birch Forest Saffron
Helen Brough
Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€7,580
Se perdre dans l'infini
Linda Clerget
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€900
Les Lumières de la Ville Qui Ne Dort Jamais
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Voile dans le brouillard
Paul Natter
Painting - 110 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 48 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Nature morte et abstraction
Fabien Gäng
Painting - 30 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€500
L'inconditionnel
Diana Malivani
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€13,500
Ciel orageux sur route préférée
Linda Clerget
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,000
Heteroscedasticity 03
Garry Arzumanyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,900