Two strategies illustrated: painting in the valley and de-emphasising the surrounding hills, or painting from above the valley, with the hills not visible.
Mediz-Pelikan
European grey herons, seen in paintings by Aelbert Cuyp, Hans Thoma, Daubigny, Frédéric Bazille, Alfred Sisley and others.
From Ondines, who kill men by their curse, to a frozen fountain in Agubbio, and parks in New York, Paris and Rome.
Unusual landscapes, from Barbizon through Impressionist to Symbolist. She died suddenly at the age of only 47, and is now being rediscovered.
The Eclectic Light Company 