Works Inspired by the Four Elements
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Antonietta Valente
Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 4 x 0.1 inch
$533
Le petit Chaperaun rouge (2)
Jordi Sàbat
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$721
Douceur d’un autre soir
Nat Stresser
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,109
Profondeurs marines III
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Evolution
Richard Gaylon
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.254 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$3,119
To create the meaning
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,000
Realms of life
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
$3,500
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-14
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Integration / True 025
Casey Grace
Painting - 15.24 x 15.24 x 0.6 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 0.2 inch
$1,077
Beautiful Rebellion / Deep 008
Casey Grace
Painting - 15.24 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 1 inch
$1,887
Oceania celebration
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$555 $444
Le galion englouti
Fabienne Ribeyrolles
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
Bleu sidéral
Fabienne Ribeyrolles
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Elements (1)
Christophe Battifero
Photography - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$555
Le monde du ciel !
Clara Crespin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,550
Interstellar II
Shine Huang
Photography - 106.7 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 42 x 42 x 0.1 inch
$5,800
Série Fouilles variation CAD
Jana Lottenburger
Print - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$666
Under the surface
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 81 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$5,309
Bal Harbour
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
$4,355
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$355
Remembering Pablo Escobar Bogotà carrera 8 and calle 9
Luca Lionello
Photography - 113 x 85 x 2.5 cm Photography - 44.5 x 33.5 x 1 inch
$6,000
AV_Rhine_Falls_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,874
AV_Rhine_Falls_005
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,219
Pointe du diable N&B
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$888
REF 18-12 - La Fournaise en éruption
Jeanne
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,554
High up (5)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,110
Enlightenment
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$355
Alors on danse
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$277
Thy will be done
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$322
Works Inspired by the Four Elements
The four elements of nature, otherwise known as the classical elements, typically refer to Air, Earth, Fire and Water and (later) aether, which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Tibet, and India have similar lists. Local languages refer to "air" as "wind" and the fifth element as "void". These different cultures and individual philosophers had widely varying explanations concerning their attributes and how they related to observable phenomena as well as cosmology. What united them, however, was an awareness of these different altering states being used to explain our planet. Sometimes these theories overlapped with mythology and were personified in deities.
While the classification of the material world in ancient Indian, Hellenistic Egypt, and ancient Greece into Air, Earth, Fire and Water was more philosophical, during the Islamic Golden Age in the Medieval era we can mark a clear scientific interest in proving a concrete delineation between the elements. Modern day science has given rise to atomic theory which proves this phenomena. Yet still to this day, humans are engrossed in the aura of the natural elements and we can see this in art. The four elements of nature have inspired art since the beginning of its creation. If we date art back to the point of cave man drawings, fire imagery appears alongside symbolic drawings to the other elements such as water and wind. Since this time, the four elements have not ceased to provide inspiration to artists. Perhaps this is down to the ephemeral nature of the subject that attunes so well to the inner spirit of the artist.
Artsper has many artistic interpretations of the classical elements inspired by nature's core. Discover the work of Ana Daganzo, Futura 2000 and Zin Taylor to name a few artists who follow in this line of work.