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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(6174) Femmes africaines
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,311
Le Haut Saint-Jean
Bernadette Van Baarsen
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,648
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Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$70
Woman at a Paris Cafe III
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$4,900
Lady in the City Night
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$4,990
Gentleman at a Paris Cafe
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$4,990
Coup de vent à la campagne
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Montmartre sous la pluie
Patrick Marie
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Sous bois en automne
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Les pois de senteurs
Patrick Marie
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
I Don’t Mean A Thing
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 46 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,609
Walensee. Impression of Heidiland.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Spring Impression near Mount Fuji
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,073
Inspired by Monet Flowers in a vase
Elena Lukina
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Landscape with meadow
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Lovely garden daisies
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 39 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,097
A corner of the Garden
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,037
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Blooming arch by the sea
Elena Lukina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,729
Evening colors by the river
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Saturday evening in November
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
River fountain in a city park
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,848
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Elena Lukina
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$1,729
Expression with sunflowers
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,645
Three Irises by the pond
Elena Lukina
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$1,061
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Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,168
Christmas evening in the forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,538
Icy river in the Christmas forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,955
Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Christmas Market at Dome square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,073
Lotus or Movement to the Light
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 84 x 64 x 4 cm Painting - 33.1 x 25.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,384
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Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Italy, Via di Streda
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
During the War
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16.7 x 0 inch
$596
Cora Number 7.
Bernadette Van Baarsen
Painting - 60.1 x 60.1 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.7 x 23.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,717
Le gardien de l'oubli
Yuan Tao Chen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$2,154
Come rain or come shine
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,086
Evening London Westminster Bridge View
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$3,200
Table for Two in Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,800
Louvre Museum in Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$3,400
Le grand mélèze
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,550
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Miri Baruch
Painting - 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,431
Ballerina. oil painting
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,848
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 46 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,669
A Perfect Chaos
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,808