Related optical effects that combine to give the impression of depth. Explored in Renaissance paintings, and some from the 19th century.
landscape
Contents with links for each article in the series, with lists of mountains and locations covered.
When Pompeii was buried by debris from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, many fine Roman paintings were preserved. Here’s a selection.
Mountain paintings by JMW Turner, John Ruskin, John Brett, and Georg Janny.
Best-known for his watercolours of Venice, he was a Post-Impressionist, and an early promoter of the art of Cézanne and Matisse in the US.
Most are savage in winter, and ascended from close to sea level. The highest of the 282 Scottish peaks over 3,000 feet is Ben Nevis.
The Newlyn School in Cornwall flourishes and gains international acclaim during the early 20th century. Coastal landscape paintings to 1922.
The development of landscape painting of the coast of Cornwall, from the late 18th century, through the Newlyn School, to the 1890s.
Looking at paintings that are maps, and maps that are paintings, including Leonardo da Vinci’s, and the first map of Australia from 1547.
After Church painted the Andes, Albert Bierstadt travelled with surveyors to the Rockies in 1859 and 1863, from where his paintings are awe-inspiring.
The Eclectic Light Company 