landscape paintings

Painted outdoor vistas

Landscape paintings are artworks depicting natural scenery—mountains, forests, rivers, fields, coastlines.

The genre focuses on land and sky rather than human subjects, though figures may appear small within the scene.

The museum's collection of landscape paintings spans three centuries.

Distinguished from portraiture, still life, and other genres by its emphasis on outdoor settings and natural beauty.

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subject matter/genre

landscape paintingsportraits

Images of specific people

portraiture · still lifes · still life paintings · self-portraits · group portraits

representational approach

landscape paintingsabstract expressionism

Nonrepresentational art emphasizing spontaneous emotion

abstract art · conceptual art

natural vs. constructed environment

landscape paintingscityscapes

Urban scenery depictions

urban scenes · street scenes

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paint, painting, landscape

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G