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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Maison Sauvage - Spring
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,500
Suisse - Carnaval de Baden
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,206
The Cambridge, London
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Les Deux Magots, Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
$2,400
Fruits d'automne
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,016
Parisian Balconies
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$2,500
Santorini, Greece
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Maison Sauvage, Paris II
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Cherry blossoms at Washington Square Park, New York
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
The Pont Alexandre III, Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Lavender fields, Provence France
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Cafe de Flore, Evening Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$2,500
The Mighty Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$2,000
In the Still of the Night in New York
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$2,200
Central Park view I
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$1,800
Cherry Blossoms
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$1,400
Exuberance printanière.
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
La baie de Somme - série Mer
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
Les quatre saisons
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 60 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,039
La vie de château
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,602
Sérénade hivernale
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,602
Shimmering Dream
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$12,900
The Last Look
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 1.9 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.75 inch
$6,000
Carnival Tudor Girl
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$12,900
Woman at a Parisian Terrace
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
$6,800
Sur les reflets sans détails ni focus, ta splendeur ignorée d’habile trapéziste captait les rayons pointillistes de Phoebus
François Pagé
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,424
Nightfall Whispers
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$12,800
A Gentleman's Escape
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$14,900
Un air de printemps
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
Aux confins de la forêt amazonienne - série Bande dessinée
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,424
Gaulle : la danse des menhirs - série Bande dessinée
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,424
Devant les maisons
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,305
Femmes africaines 8557
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,305
(2630) Femmes africaines
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,305
Le passage des contraires
Yuan Tao Chen
Painting - 160 x 210 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 82.7 x 2 inch
$5,374
Nature Weaves a Spell
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 119.9 x 180.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$15,339
La Roche sur Yon - Normandie
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$70
Dispersion de magenta
Scott Naismith
Painting - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,270
Spectrum sunrise
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$18,981
Couleur de manifestation
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$11,270
Esprit insulaire
Scott Naismith
Painting - 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$18,981
Spectre de lumière 3
Scott Naismith
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,186
La Manneporte - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$70
Vallée de Seine au printemps
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$70
Le Pont Neuf - la Rive Gauche
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$70
Lilac evening in the Alps
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,152
Fragment paysage n°12 (sculpture murale)
Laurelle Bessé
Sculpture - 34 x 30 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$475
The attraction of water
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 28 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$237
Village du Couserans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$759
Barques de Pécheurs catalans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 52 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch
$759
Summer Fading
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 101.1 x 101.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 39.8 x 1.6 inch
$3,358
Marché à Saint Felix de Lauragais
André Lac
Painting - 46 x 55 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 inch
$1,495
