Works Inspired by the Four Elements
The four elements of nature, otherwise known as the classical elements, typically refer to Air, Earth, Fire and Water and (later) aether, which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Tibet, and India have similar lists. Local languages refer to "air" as "wind" and the fifth element as "void". These different cultures and individual philosophers had widely varying explanations concerning their attributes and how they related to observable phenomena as well as cosmology. What united them, however, was an awareness of these different altering states being used to explain our planet. Sometimes these theories overlapped with mythology and were personified in deities.
While the classification of the material world in ancient Indian, Hellenistic Egypt, and ancient Greece into Air, Earth, Fire and Water was more philosophical, during the Islamic Golden Age in the Medieval era we can mark a clear scientific interest in proving a concrete delineation between the elements. Modern day science has given rise to atomic theory which proves this phenomena. Yet still to this day, humans are engrossed in the aura of the natural elements and we can see this in art. The four elements of nature have inspired art since the beginning of its creation. If we date art back to the point of cave man drawings, fire imagery appears alongside symbolic drawings to the other elements such as water and wind. Since this time, the four elements have not ceased to provide inspiration to artists. Perhaps this is down to the ephemeral nature of the subject that attunes so well to the inner spirit of the artist.
Artsper has many artistic interpretations of the classical elements inspired by nature's core. Discover the work of Ana Daganzo, Futura 2000 and Zin Taylor to name a few artists who follow in this line of work.
Tony Soulié
Sans titre, 2020 15.7 x 19.7 inch Photography
$2,809
René Roeser
Cleaning the sky, 2019 23.6 x 23.6 inch Photography
$1,249
Jérémie Lenoir
#6561087, Salt lake, 2017 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch Photography
$3,018
Futura 2000
No title, 1997 33.5 x 47.2 inch Print
$2,601
Bernard Biancotto
Sormiou, 1999 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch Photography
$624
Silvia Coccaglio
Parete, 2017 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch Photography
$1,769
Anne-Lise Castagno De Pauw
Forêt vierge, 2021 20.5 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch Photography
$1,093
Anne Authier
Fire, 2020 31.5 x 39.4 inch Painting
$2,601
Jean-Baptiste Isambert
Vue automnale, 2018 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch Photography
$1,977
Anja Becker
Flow 2, 2021 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch Painting
$3,111
Antonietta Valente
Layers, 2020 6 x 4 x 0.1 inch Fine Art Drawings
$499
Petr Stacho
Wave, 2015 21 x 20 x 5 inch Sculpture
$11,500
Wissam Beydoun
Abstract I, 2014 15 x 11 inch Fine Art Drawings
$650
Hervé Pezzini
Amibe, 2022 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch Photography
$415
Franco Fontana
Paesaggio Puglia, 1978 25 x 16.9 x 0 inch Photography
$5,099
Ian Lawrence
Across Waterlilies, 2021 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch Painting
$1,104
Romain Langlois
La belle endormie, 2021 20.9 x 17.3 x 10.6 inch Sculpture
$20,290
Gil Hanrion
Abstraction 6, 2021 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch Painting
$1,665
Philippe Blin
Sans titre - série paysage terrestre, 2020 13.8 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch Photography
$910
Emily Berger
Every Rung, 2020 14 x 11 inch Painting
$1,726
Benoît Guérin
Batsirai, 2022 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch Painting
$519
Benoît Guérin
Moissons d'été, 2021 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch Painting
$406
Gil Hanrion
Abstraction 1, 2021 18.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch Painting
$520
Heike Bohnstengel
Valley of Fire, Drive #2, 2015 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch Photography
$676
Anna Levesh
Calm in Motion #2 - Essence of Nature Series, 2019 35.4 x 47.2 inch Photography
$1,134
Richard Gaylon
Evolution, 2019 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch Photography
$2,248
Sharon Grimes
Mystical Shoreline, 2017 35.8 x 23.6 x 2 inch Painting
$4,152
Sylvie Guyomard
ASO I (SG86), 2017 37.2 x 22.6 x 2 inch Painting
$3,226
Romina Schimpf
Natural, 2018 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch Painting
$1,145
Romina Schimpf
Natural Essence, 2019 74.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch Painting
$1,353
Bang Hai Ja
Eté, 2020 28 x 28 inch Painting
$10,926
Shine Huang
Rebirth I, 2018 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch Photography
$1,800
Rachel Kah
Ah (RK53), 2021 36.3 x 24.1 x 0.2 inch Sculpture
$3,642
Zin Taylor
Lichen Voices (Stripes and Dots), 2013 6.1 x 30.5 inch Photography
$3,122
Catherine Brost
170605, 2017 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch Painting
$2,955
Kristin Hart
Joshua tree - faded grey, 2021 48 x 32 x 1 inch Photography
$2,000
Heike Bohnstengel
Valley of Fire, 2015 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch Photography
$411
Bellec
Wall #1, 2021 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch Photography
$2,601
José Zanni
Humanis, 2020 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch Painting
$177
Anna Levesh
Three Graces N.2 - Slices of Life Series, 2018 27.3 x 20.5 inch Photography
$822
Futura 2000
S/T, 2003 17.2 x 23 x 0.8 inch Painting
$17,481
Casey Grace
Integration / True 025, 2022 6 x 6 x 0.2 inch Painting
$333
Casey Grace
Beautiful Rebellion / Deep 008, 2022 6 x 6 x 1 inch Painting
$416
Ana Daganzo
Transmutation #4, 2018 5.1 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch Photography
$416
Ana Daganzo
Surface #13, 2018 12.2 x 8.3 inch Photography
$380
Nimrod Hanai
Untitled, 2021 30.9 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch Painting
$718
Franco Fontana
Paesaggio, Basilicata, Italy, 1978 11.8 x 17.6 x 0.2 inch Photography
$4,195
Philippe Blin
Rêverie, 2021 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch Photography
$624
Tim Hall
Storm 1, 2018 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch Photography
$7,284
Zin Taylor
Acrobatic Composition Using Form and Light (Madame Dialogue), 2014 33.1 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch Photography
$5,723
Gaëlle Wagner
Bloody Galaxy, 2016 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch Painting
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Sylvie Guyomard
Desert Signe III (SG180), 2020 28.3 x 20.5 x 1.2 inch Sculpture
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Magda Igyarto
Paysage 6, 2017 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch Painting
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