Exteriors

“Today, the landscape continues to be a subject artists turn to when contemplating the ways we relate to the places where we live and the impact we as humans have on the land.” – The J. Paul Getty Museum

Let’s explore 4 historical pieces and how the Principles of Design and atmospheric perspective are used in each one…

Landscape with a Calm

Nicolas Poussin
French, 1650–1651
Oil on canvas
52 3/4 x 39 in.

Grotto of Sarrazine near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne

Gustave Courbet
French, about 1864
Oil on canvas
19 11/16 x 23 5/8 in.

Landscape Near Ornans

Gustave Courbet
French, about 1864
Oil on canvas
35 x 50 1/8 in.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Los Angeles Sprawl

William A. Garnett
American, 1954
Gelatin silver print
13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.

Process: Student will create a work of art or photograph based on landscape composition with focus on landscape of urban or rural areas, and/or architecture.

Options or Varieties of Landscapes:

Works focused on concept of environmental issues & controversy: Famine, Drought, Pollution, Overpopulation, Destruction of the Rainforest, Ozone Hole, Endangered Species, Old-Growth Deforestation, Off-Shore Drilling, nonnative species introduction

carrie king fauve tree Carrie King’s Fauve Tree/Landscape Breadth Project