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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Painting, Blue salty, Dimitar Petrov

Blue salty

Dimitar Petrov

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,780

Painting, Pulse, Elia Bechtel

Pulse

Elia Bechtel

Painting - 120 x 165 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 65 x 1.6 inch

$19,278

Print, Untitled, Rosa Torres

Untitled

Rosa Torres

Print - 48.5 x 60.6 cm Print - 19.1 x 23.9 inch

$922

Painting, Evening, Keti Bubunauri

Evening

Keti Bubunauri

Painting - 58 x 78 x 2 cm Painting - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,186

Design, Bab, Super Bab

Bab

Super Bab

Design - 119 x 71 x 3 cm Design - 46.9 x 28 x 1.2 inch

$1,424

Painting, Lake Tahoe, Stephen Haws

Lake Tahoe

Stephen Haws

Painting - 30.5 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting - 12 x 24 x 0.3 inch

$575

Painting, Paysage I, Zisong Xu

Paysage I

Zisong Xu

Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$593

Photography, Rising Tide, Heikki Willamo

Rising Tide

Heikki Willamo

Photography - 33 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,915

Fine Art Drawings, Encre II, Maylis Bourdet

Encre II

Maylis Bourdet

Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 44 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$664

Print, Untitled, Eiji Kaji

Untitled

Eiji Kaji

Print - 53 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.9 x 26 x 0 inch

$593

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Henri Samouilov

Sans titre

Henri Samouilov

Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 110 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

$3,203

Fine Art Drawings, Daily Life, Kate Wilczynski

Daily Life

Kate Wilczynski

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$712

Photography, Tripe 12, Thomas Ruff

Tripe 12

Thomas Ruff

Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$2,729

Print, Our Nest, Sarolta Bán

Our Nest

Sarolta Bán

Print - 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,412

Painting, EVASION, Bernard Rebatet

EVASION

Bernard Rebatet

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,068

Fine Art Drawings, Sunrise, Osse Müller

Sunrise

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 24.4 x 0 inch

$2,135

Painting, Parallel I, Albena Petkova

Parallel I

Albena Petkova

Painting - 100 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,643

Painting, Lookout, Nanci Erskine

Lookout

Nanci Erskine

Painting - 106.7 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 42 x 28 x 1.5 inch

$1,700

Painting, Roy's, Yann Argentin

Roy's

Yann Argentin

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,135

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