Works Inspired by the Four Elements
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
Layers
Antonietta Valente
Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 4 x 0.1 inch
£431
Le petit Chaperaun rouge (2)
Jordi Sàbat
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
£584
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
£1,168
Douceur d’un autre soir
Nat Stresser
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,707
Evolution
Richard Gaylon
Photography - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.254 cm Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£2,525
To create the meaning
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£1,687
Realms of life
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 2 inch
£2,952
L'océan est un espace de liberté
Maryse Chatron Kriloff
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,258
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
£1,687
Integration / True 025
Casey Grace
Painting - 15.24 x 15.24 x 0.6 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 0.2 inch
£872
Beautiful Rebellion / Deep 008
Casey Grace
Painting - 15.24 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 1 inch
£1,528
Le galion englouti
Fabienne Ribeyrolles
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,123
Bleu sidéral
Fabienne Ribeyrolles
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,797
Elements (1)
Christophe Battifero
Photography - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£449
Le monde du ciel !
Clara Crespin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
£4,493
Interstellar II
Shine Huang
Photography - 106.7 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 42 x 42 x 0.1 inch
£4,891
Série Fouilles variation CAD
Jana Lottenburger
Print - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£539
Hidden light
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
£2,024 £1,518
Under the surface
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 81 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£4,298
Bal Harbour
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
£3,673
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£288
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
£5,060
AV_Rhine_Falls_001
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 112.5 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 44.3 x 1.2 inch
£3,136
AV_Rhine_Falls_005
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,606
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
£719
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
£1,258
Alors on danse
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£225
Enlightenment
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£288
Thy will be done
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£261
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.