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.
Théo Gosselin
Lost and Found
Théo Gosselin
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Antonio Briceño
Arara V - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,591
Series: Omnipresence - Wheat 27 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Venus XII
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus III Cannabis 26,6%
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Poseidon
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus V. MDMA 2,2 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Artemis IV
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Series: Omnipresence - Dyonisus VI. Hallucinogens 2 %
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,233
Mónica Castanys
Kim En Joong
Tobia Ravà
1590 Coccodrillo Traghetto Amore
Tobia Ravà
Sculpture - 24 x 85 x 34 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 33.5 x 13.4 inch
$40,856
1411 La Vigna Segreta
Tobia Ravà
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$10,493
Or Kadmon-Bosco Zafferano 4/10
Tobia Ravà
Print - 55 x 70 x 3 cm Print - 21.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,043
Alain Bertrand
Indian Wind palace Jaipur
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Farmer before the storm
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$10,046
Bonneville Salt Flats
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,367
Time Square 1948
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$18,977
India Tuk Tuk in Varanasi
Alain Bertrand
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Elena Done
Silhouettes. Tarifa 1
Elena Done
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$460
Horses on the beach
Elena Done
Painting - 130 x 97 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.6 inch
$3,750
Wolfgang Voigt
Stuttgarter Ballett 8
Wolfgang Voigt
Painting - 35 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$3,583
Stuttgarter Ballett 9
Wolfgang Voigt
Painting - 35 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$3,583
Nadia Attura
Cactus Forest
Nadia Attura
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,047
Angu Walters
African Dancers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,000
New Born II giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$300
My Best Friend VIII painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$1,500
All Heads Together XI
Angu Walters
Painting - 52 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 20.5 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,100
Gor Avetisyan
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Fickle Memory 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$893
Floating memories 03
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$893
Torrent06_6879
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$804
Torrent25_8141
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
$804