History of Landscape Painting

Landscapes are a very popular subject-matter in art but it has not always been highly esteemed. Landscape was traditionally considered lower in status than portraiture, which patrons would pay much more for.

It is difficult to paint a successful landscape as it is very hard to capture a 3D view in 2D. In the past, rules of perspective, use of colour and effective compositions were all things that had to be experimented with. Painting landscapes presented a great challenge to artists and many rose to that challenge making it an important genre in its own right.

source: http://www.museumnetworkuk.org/landscapes/history/historyindex.htm

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Claude Lorraine, Italian Coastal Landscapes, 1642

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Landscapes in Art

Landscape in Art is set up for the use of Year 10 GATE art students at Kalamunda Senior High School to assist them with their learning. I hope to use the blog to illustrate the history of landscape in art and then eventually to publish the students own work.

Claire Eden
Teacher.