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, Paysage de Marais, Copo

Paysage de Marais

Copo

Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Photography, Mirador, Nadia Attura

Mirador

Nadia Attura

Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$882

Painting, Vue du port, Tom Davies

Vue du port

Tom Davies

Painting - 16 x 27 x 0.3 cm Painting - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,161

Fine Art Drawings, GOLFER 4, Nerza Villegas

GOLFER 4

Nerza Villegas

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

$2,384

Print, Landscape, Mario Logli

Landscape

Mario Logli

Print - 33 x 23 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.1 x 0 inch

$358

Painting, La Provence, Félix Tisot

La Provence

Félix Tisot

Painting - 49 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,110

Photography, Saint Gildas, Ifig

Saint Gildas

Ifig

Photography - 30 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$465

Painting, Parasit, Emanuel Schulze

Parasit

Emanuel Schulze

Painting - 65 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

$3,696

Painting, Paysage fleuri, S. M.

Paysage fleuri

S. M.

Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch

$1,097

Painting, L'étang, Ludwig Bürgel

L'étang

Ludwig Bürgel

Painting - 30.5 x 40.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch

$1,722

Fine Art Drawings, Paysage lacustre, J. Rollin

Paysage lacustre

J. Rollin

Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 64 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch

$1,046

Painting, Autumn, Le Thanh Son

Autumn

Le Thanh Son

Painting - 124.5 x 144.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 49 x 57 x 1.5 inch

$20,400

Photography, Color Game, Sam Dougados

Color Game

Sam Dougados

Photography - 75 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

$2,146

Painting, Natural spirit, La Face

Natural spirit

La Face

Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

$13,113

Painting, House (3), Jarik Jongman

House (3)

Jarik Jongman

Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$5,050

Painting, Landscape, Antonio Donghi

Landscape

Antonio Donghi

Painting - 38 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

$53,050

Print, Nature, Jean Chapin

Nature

Jean Chapin

Print - 32.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.8 x 19.9 x 0 inch

$179

Painting, Seminterrato, Marco Neri

Seminterrato

Marco Neri

Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

$11,444

Painting, Landscape, Kurt Schwitters

Landscape

Kurt Schwitters

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$64,375

Fine Art Drawings, Les flots bleus, Juliette June

Les flots bleus

Juliette June

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

$215

Painting, Waterlilies, Judith Harvey

Waterlilies

Judith Harvey

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.3 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.3 inch

$3,591

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