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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Paysage imaginaire

Paysage de collines avec pâturage

HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country

Gondoles sur la lagune et vue sur Venise

Femme mécanique n°3

Tartanes, calme du soir

La Fontaine, Cheseaux

Paysage de printemps campagne et Jura

Hameau, Vallée de Merlan

Mazots à Zermatt

Campagne Brésilienne

Visione Veneziana

La Provence

Saint Gildas

Parasit

Baie de Naples et pêcheurs

Here comes the sun 4

Chalets et patûrage

Lungo il Ticino

Paysage de campagne avec vue sur le Jura Suisse

Village de montagne

Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait

Le Brassus, Vallée De Joux

Couple en balade au bord de l'étang avec chien et cygnes

Promenade en bord du lac

Paysage fleuri

Bout du lac

Paysage de lac et montagnes

Femme et chèvre dans un paysage boisé

Oliviers et bord de mer

Paysage de montagne avec chalets

Retour du marché en bord de mer et bateaux de pêche

Vue sur la côte

Balade des cygnes

Souvenirs affectueux

Smiling Tree

Barques et voiliers à la Belotte, lac Léman Genève

Voiliers au bord d'une île des cyclades dans la mer d'Égée

Paysage aux cyprès

L'étang

Vue sur le Salève et l'Arve, campagne genevoise

Lavandières à la rivière

L'Ile Rousseau, Pont du Mont-Blanc et lac à Genève

En gare de Satigny, Genève

La procession

Route côtière du sud avec cèdres et pins

Baie de Naples et vue sur le Vésuve

The Farmhouse

L'Arbre Blessé

Char à bœufs dans le champ de maïs

Paysage lacustre

Autumn

Color Game

Fleurs au soleil couchant

Sans titre

The Brig

Scene on Windspear Road

Natural spirit

House (3)

Mountain Landscape

Landscape

Landscape with House (Villa Borghese)

Nature

Precencia magica de una serpiente

Early spring reflections