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In that same year Bartlett was in the Canadas producing sketches for Willis' Canadian Scenery Illustrated, published in 1842. Following a trip to the Middle East, he published Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem in 1840. Bartlett made sepia wash drawings the exact size to be engraved. His engraved views were widely copied by artists ...
On his return to England, Daniell set about publishing an extensive illustrated work under the general heading title of "Oriental Scenery". [2] Six volumes, published between 1795 and 1808, were based on drawings made in India by the Daniells themselves; another consisted of plates of the caves at Ellora after drawings by James Wales. [4]
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works, landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of ...
Seattle Art Museum, Washington Tamaca Palms: 1854: Oil on canvas: 68 × 91.4 cm: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: Cotopaxi: 1855: Oil on canvas: 71.12 × 107 cm: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. The Andes of Ecuador: 1855: Oil on canvas: 121.9 cm × 194.3 cm: Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North ...
Fine art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism and commercial photography. Photojournalism visually communicates stories and ideas, mainly in print and digital media. Fine art photography is created primarily as an expression of the artist's vision, but has also been important in advancing certain causes.
Mt. Aetna by Sarah Cole. Sarah Cole (1805–1857) was an American landscape painter and the sister of American landscape painter Thomas Cole. [1] Although she was among the small group of early American female landscape painters, little is known about her life and few of her paintings are known to have survived.
Scenic design, also known as stage design or set design, is the creation of scenery for theatrical productions including plays and musicals. The term can also be applied to film and television [1] productions, where it may be referred to as production design. [2] Scenic designers create sets and scenery to support the overall artistic goals of ...
The aerial cloudscapes painted by Georgia O'Keeffe in the 1960s and 1970s are a special case. Many of them are not landscapes at all, since they don't show any land. They depict images of clouds viewed from above, suspended in blue sky, with the land below nowhere to be seen; it is the view of clouds regarded at a downward and sideways angle, as from the window of an airplane.