12 Famous Landscape Paintings You Should Know
Art about nature.
“The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature.” — Karl Jaspers.
What defines landscape in art?
Landscape painting is the natural scenery in art.
Landscape paintings may capture mountains, trees, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forests, and coasts and may or may not include man-made structures as well as people.
Paul Cézanne, “Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine,” c. 1887.
Sainte-Victoire, a mountain in the South of France, remained Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne‘s preferred subject matter for years. In his series of oil paintings portraying the landform, he experiments with different views, color palettes, and perspectives to produce a comprehensive look at the mountain and its surrounding landscape.
Claude Lorrain, Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia, 1682.
The landscape is a historical painting.
