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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

Au Vent

Claude Gaveau

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

€600

Painting, Aurora, Ulyana Korol

Aurora

Ulyana Korol

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

€1,900

Painting, Uramba, Juan arreaza

Uramba

Juan arreaza

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

€4,700

Fine Art Drawings, Chocó, Juan arreaza

Chocó

Juan arreaza

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

€800

Painting, Cap d'Erquy, Franck Dupire

Cap d'Erquy

Franck Dupire

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

€1,230

Painting, Growing Hope, Leon Devenice

Growing Hope

Leon Devenice

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

€2,257

Sculpture, Équilibre, Paul Natter

Équilibre

Paul Natter

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

€2,000

Print, Le pont, Louis Toffoli

Le pont

Louis Toffoli

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

€500