Landscape Art a Art Type

A picture of natural outdoor scenery, such as mountains, rivers, fields, or forests.

Landscapes are works of art that feature scenes of nature: mountains, lakes, gardens, rivers, etc. They can be oil paintings, watercolors, gauche, pastels, or prints of any kind.

Derived from the Dutch word landschap, landscape can also refer to:

City-scapes - views of an urban setting

Seascapes - views of the ocean

Waters-capes - views primarily featuring fresh water (think of Monet on the Seine)

"Landscape format" refers to a picture plane that has a width which is greater than its height.

Landscape painting ranked fourth in the hierarchy of genres set up by the Academy. History painting, portraiture, and genre painting were considered more important. Still life was considered less important.