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Tag Archives: Landscapes
1872: Eaton’s Neck
John Frederick Kensett: Eaton’s Neck, Long Island (1872)
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1872: Twilight
John Frederick Kensett: Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut (1872)
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1895: Evening Mood
Walter Leistikow: Evening Mood at Schlachtensee (c. 1895)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Germany, Landscapes, Painting, The Moon, Trees, Walter Leistikow
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2009: Landscape (with Sheep)
Levi van Veluw: Landscape (2008) (source)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Conceptual Art, Landscapes, Levi van Veluw, Miniatures, Netherlands, Portraits, Sheep, Trees
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1896: River
Konstantin Kryzhitsky: River (1896)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Konstantin Kryzhitsky, Landscapes, Painting, Rivers, Russia
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1936: Pax Cultura
Nicholas Roerich: Karakoram, Path to Turkestan (1936) After seeing the devastation of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, Nicholas Roerich conceived of the idea of an international treaty to protect cultural heritage in wartime. In the 1920’s, he … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, International Law, Landscapes, Nicholas Roerich, Painting, Russia
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1867: New Hampshire
David Johnson: Lancaster New Hampshire Farmland (1867)
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1981: The Innocent Eye
Mark Tansey: The Innocent Eye Test (1981) The title of this painting is taken from a book by the artist John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857), where, in a footnote, Ruskin says that to see as an artist requires … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1890's, 1980's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Claude Monet, Colors, Cows, Drawing, France, Great Britain, John Ruskin, Landscapes, Mark Tansey, Netherlands, Painting, Paulus Potter, USA
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1940: The White Horse
Eric Ravilious: Train Landscape (1940) The background of this painting features the Westbury White Horse, a figure on the slope of Salisbury Plain in England. As the earliest documentation dates from 1742, the horse was likely created in the first … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 1940's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Eric Ravilious, Geoglyphs, Great Britain, Horses, Landscapes, Painting, Trains
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1870: Storm in the Mountains
Albert Bierstadt: Storm in the Mountains (c. 1870) (source)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Albert Bierstadt, Art, Landscapes, Meteorology, Painting, USA
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