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.

Search by Image

Save your search and find it in your favorites

19/100 1 10 17 18 19 20 21 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Categories

Subcategories

Landscape

The View From the Window

Siberian shadows

Ex Voto

Gaspard des montagnes (4)

Paysage du Languedoc

Womankind. Fly 1

Nuages

Sky and Shadows II

Wondeful Journey – robe rouge

Histoire de femmes 4 - Estampe

After the flood

Vase le chant

Sans titre

Métamorphoses. Quand le corps devient paysage

La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #6

Le Souffle de l'Autumna

Indian Autumn 2

Their landscape, Part 2

Lady on Raft

Figure Collection : Light Version

Le déjeuner sur l'herbe

Photo numero 1

Femmes au bain, bonheur

Racines 711

Racines 708

Band of love

Bosco Rosso

Paysage avec cage et sansonnet

La Ferme dans les Avoines

Migration d'éléphants

Agros

Green landscape

The Magic River

Landscape sketch 71

Clouds

Orlando

Neige

Le canoé #2

Brume matinale

Traffic pink landscape

Instant suspendu

Landscape painting, impasto modern art

Cadence champêtre

Traces

L'Eveil du printemps

Melodies de l'océan

Once Twice

Sea View Landscape

Landscape sketch 87

Sheep Flock

Fusion des éléments

Cadences pastorales

Bird Catcher I

Eveil des collines

Terres fauves

Paysages 800

Timon Of Athens

Vestiges d'un paysage

Rhapsodie colorée

Alive in Every Moment

Frühlingssymphonie II (paysage marin, ciel, mer, nuages, vagues)

Strates de rivage

L'harmonie des espaces

Terre érotique

Abstraction concrète 117

Like a Wildflower