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Landscape

Meaning in art & art history, with examples

/ˈlændskeɪp/nounCore term

In art & art history, landscape means: A painting or drawing whose main subject is natural scenery such as mountains, fields, rivers or the sky; also the genre of such pictures.

In Turkish: manzara resmi, peyzaj, manzara

How it is used

Used for a single work (a landscape by Turner) and for the genre (landscape painting). Related words are seascape for the sea and cityscape for a city. In design and printing, landscape also means a horizontal format, as opposed to portrait.

Example sentences

  1. Constable painted landscapes of the English countryside near his home.

  2. In the nineteenth century, many painters left the studio to paint landscapes outdoors.

Common collocations

  • landscape painting
  • paint a landscape
  • landscape painter
  • rural landscape
  • still lifeA painting or drawing of objects that do not move, such as fruit, flowers, vases, books or dead game, arranged by the artist.
  • portraitA painting, drawing, photograph or sculpture of a particular person, usually showing the face and saying something about their character or status.
  • foregroundThe part of a picture that seems closest to the viewer, usually at the bottom; the areas behind it are the middle ground and the background.
  • watercolourPaint that is mixed with water and used on paper, giving thin, transparent layers of colour; also a picture painted with it.

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