Thursday, April 17, 2014

Elements Explored By Famous Landscape Painters

By Anita Ortega


Famous artists all across the world each have their own way of using space. Some like to interpret distance in a way that suits their needs and this results in a bit of abstraction in their work. These factors lead to the development of styles that are easy to identify. Turner, Monet and Kiefer all used such techniques to create lovely paintings that both embraced romantic ideals and criticized human weaknesses.

Artists who work on pieces such as these always try to identify what makes a scene interesting and focus on that in their work. People all around the world like to view the art of famous landscape painters. In this way, people may continue to enjoy beautiful scenery while they are indoors. Many of the great pieces that were created many years ago allow us to experience scenes as they were several years ago.

A painter may use this type of composition as vehicle for color. European art placed more emphasis on using all the beautiful shades that are visible to human beings. In Asian art, painters were able to create great variations in tone with just a single shade. In any case, the viewer is invited to examine color and the effect it has on depth and distance.

Color also influences the way that different elements in a painting are perceived in therms of their nature. When an area is painted in a bright shade, it automatically gives it more prominence and in this way, artists can influence the way we think about trees, buildings or bodies of water and their purpose in a composition.

Just the presence or absence of man made structures can tell you a lot about the age of a painting. In lots of contemporary work, there is more evidence of the joining of humankind with nature. You tend to see more fences, bridges, roads and other structures that were made by human hands. In the paintings of the old masters, you see less of this.

Landscape painters are sometimes thought of as artists who just create pretty pictures but this is far from the reality. They may put visual symbols together in a way that highlights the negative aspects of the history of a nation. They may celebrate the core spiritual values of a country as well, just by their focus on particular elements of nature.

Some of the established Chinese and Japanese masters used various techniques to bring mountains closer to the viewer. For example, they painted details into these large masses, instead of fading them as would be expected with greater distance. Wyeth also paid a lot of attention to detail and over time, he emphasized this more in his work and was less focused on color.

Beautiful landscape paintings allows us to reflect of many things. Artists such as Pippin did not focus only on landscapes but their work in this area is still outstanding. People may enjoy more of what they offer by viewing their work in museums and galleries worldwide.




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