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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Landscape

Soleil brulant

Les nénuphars sous les peupliers II

Fleurs sur l'eau

Torre

Dining On Capri Al Fresco

Romy

Sunny summer day XL 14

It's all a blur, oil on canvas

Prehistory

I'm Rare

Open Spaces

Sunrise in the garden

Porto Ercole Harbour

Alice In Acapulco

Alice In Acapulco

Porto Ercole Harbour

Queen Of Hills

Dream city Prague

The forest

Recharge

Peach Tree

Chronique des Champignons

La Naissance de L'Aigle

Le Bon Copain

Souffle de vie

La Récolte

Fantasy landscape

Early spring in Kühhude no.2

German forest no.11

Autumn in the mountains no.6

Long Winter no.4

Early spring

Golden autumn no.4

Oak trees - Moyland

Early spring no.36

Early spring no.39

White sun

Alone with the sea

Landscape with two figures

Observation, 4 parts

Village d'enfance

Derrière les arbres

Code 2227

Code 2223

La plaine inconnue - série Paysage

Fly garden

Weir GroÃŸe Aue

Magnolia

Autumn forest

Traversière

Révélation

Papillon Provence

Glowing Evening

Evenings Embrace

Dynamic Sunset

Place of pawer 4

Foins en Auvergne

Compo-village (2)

Série des Forêts No°2

Série des Forêts No°1

Vigne et vin - Abstraction graphique autour du vin

Feuillage d'automne

Endless Summer

Dans le ciel plus de problèmes Il

Dans le ciel plus de problèmes I

Capella Toscana