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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Print, Au Vent, Claude Gaveau

Claude Gaveau

Print - 63.6 x 52 x 0.2 cm Print - 25 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch

£541

Painting, Uramba, Juan arreaza

Juan arreaza

Painting - 110 x 164 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 64.6 x 1.6 inch

£4,237

Painting, Aurora, Ulyana Korol

Ulyana Korol

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

£1,352

Fine Art Drawings, Chocó, Juan arreaza

Juan arreaza

Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 19 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.3 x 7.5 x 0 inch

£721

Painting, Venice at Night, Rob Buntin

Rob Buntin

Painting - 130 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

£3,426

Painting, Cap d'Erquy, Franck Dupire

Franck Dupire

Painting - 65 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

£1,109

Painting, NRG In The Air, Miri Baruch

Miri Baruch

Painting - 80 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1 inch

£1,069

Painting, The Flower Vase, Paul Akiiki

Paul Akiiki

Painting - 80 x 90 x 0.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.3 inch

£1,548

Painting, Growing Hope, Leon Devenice

Leon Devenice

Painting - 90.2 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.5 x 36 x 1 inch

£1,919

Sculpture, Équilibre, Paul Natter

Paul Natter

Sculpture - 80 x 18 x 20 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 7.1 x 7.9 inch

£1,803

Photography, Waterdrops, Donna Carnahan

Donna Carnahan

Photography - 91.4 x 121.9 cm Photography - 36 x 48 inch

£1,312

Fine Art Drawings, La Loire en automne, Paul Natter

Paul Natter

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

£379

Print, Le pont, Louis Toffoli

Louis Toffoli

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

£451

Print, Les Alpilles, Claude Gaveau

Claude Gaveau

Print - 57.6 x 56.9 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.7 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

£541

Painting, Orpin, Zhen Hao He

Zhen Hao He

Painting - 60 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 2 inch

£1,794

Painting, Prairie N°3, Patrick Marie

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

£1,442