Contemporary Landscape
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.
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,252
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 770
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,734
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,541
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,080
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Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,804
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Nadine Pillon
Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,697
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Christoff Debusschere
Painting . 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,371 CHF 3,034
Laurelle Bessé
Painting . 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch
CHF 1,445
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Victoire d'Harcourt
Photography . 117 x 180 x 2 cm Photography . 46.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 4,238
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Victoire d'Harcourt
Photography . 145 x 108 x 3 cm Photography . 57.1 x 42.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 4,045
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Soos Roxana
Painting . 80 x 140 x 4.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,022
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Vik Schroeder
Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,204 CHF 963
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Vik Schroeder
Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,204 CHF 963
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Vik Schroeder
Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 819
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
CHF 2,184 CHF 1,966
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
CHF 3,320
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
CHF 1,922 CHF 1,730
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch
CHF 1,310
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
CHF 2,097
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
CHF 2,621
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
CHF 2,708 CHF 2,302
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
CHF 3,669
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
CHF 3,669 CHF 3,302
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Ruslana Levandovska
Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
CHF 2,796 CHF 2,516
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Valery Savenets
Painting . 47 x 47 x 2 cm Painting . 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 294
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Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting . 33 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,348
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