By the end of the 18th century, remains of Pompeii were being excavated and inspired painters to re-imagine life and death in the city.
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Mounts Fuji, Cotopaxi, Merapi, St Helens, and above all the most painted of all, Vesuvius during its violent eruptions.
JMW Turner and John Martin painted apocalyptic visions, but others like JC Dahl and O Achenbach opted for the less spectacular.
Land, sea, air, and the spectacular sight of a volcano erupting. With paintings by Marlow, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Lusieri.
A remarkable cave painting in the Ardèche, France, is likely to be the oldest landscape painting in the world.
This clip from a documentary turns out to be a fake, created by digital compositing, and is physically impossible.
From the early years of landscape painting as a genre in its own right, artists have used it to depict the awe-inspiring but fascinating horrors of the sublime.
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