Genre
Landscape
Landscape took centuries to become a subject in its own right rather than a backdrop for saints and battles. Once it did, the land itself became the protagonist — its weather, its distances, its light — and painters learned to make a stretch of ground carry the whole emotional weight of a picture.
Key artists
Works
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The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus
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Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
View of the Town of Alkmaar
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伝海北友雪筆 『源氏物語』 絵巻|The Tale of Genji
Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes, Tomb of Menna
Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler
The Hoppner Children
The Three Ages of Man
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The Call
View of the Gulf of Pozzuoli from Solfatara
Death of Euridice
Arabs Crossing a Ford
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming
北宋/金 傳黃宗道 舊傳李贊華 獵鹿圖 卷|Stag Hunt
Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1860"
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Hunting from a Chariot, Tomb of Userhat
Thutmose I and His Mother Seniseneb
Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus
Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile
Entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo
Copy after Rubens's "Wolf and Fox Hunt"
Consolation of Ariadne
An Alligator's Nest
The Arab Falconer
A Cavalryman
Don Quixote and the Dead Mule
An Eruption of Vesuvius
The Sultan's Tiger
Waterfall at Mont-Dore
Harbor Scene
南宋 傳陳居中 胡騎春獵圖 團扇|Nomads hunting with falcons
Picnic by the Inlet
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The African Sentinel
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Charity
The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the grateful snake and frog in human form, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Bamboo, Rock, and Tall Tree
The Enlightened Stone Retreat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
Reminiscences of Qinhuai River
The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana
The Nodding Stone Terrace, Tiger Hill, and the Thousand-Man Seat, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)
Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila
Construction of an Elevated Railway: Bridge over the Cours de Vincennes
Owl
Bamboo and Rock
Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
Kali and Devi Attack: Leaf from a Devi Mahatmya
The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
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Three Tahitian Women
Gamepiece with a Dead Heron ("Falconer's Bag")
Nocturne
Netting Birds, Tomb of Khnumhotep
Monju on a Lion
The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey
The Banks of the Rance, Brittany
Arabs on the March
The Dark Mountain, No. 1
Granite
Drinking Festival of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
The Burning of Sodom
Castle by a River
Ariadne
Princess Ogimi from the "Bridge Maiden" (Hashihime) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Émilie
Eight Daoist Immortals
Girdle of Ares
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)
A Pond in Picardy
猿を襲う鷲図|Eagle Attacking a Monkey
Athlete and Dancer
Jungfrau (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook)
The Laundress
Family of Monkeys
Seated Arab Man with Horse
Peaceable Kingdom
The Turmoil of Conflict (Joan of Arc series: IV)
Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day
Study for "La Grande Jatte"
The Biglin Brothers Racing
Fishing Boat on Reed Covered Bank and Calligraphy
Man Confronting a Hyena, Tomb of Amenemhab
Scenes from a Legend; Coats of Arms
The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)
A City on a Rock
Holy Mountain IV
Our Lady of Valvanera
Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotuses
Bringing Down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara
Rapids on the Petite Creuse at Fresselines
Fujiwara no Teika’s “Poems on Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months”
Scene from the Ramayana
Bamboo in Snow
National Defense
蘆雁図|Geese and Reeds
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An Overgrown Mineshaft
Oxen and Herdboy
Cretans Bringing Gifts of Metal and Jewelry, Tomb of Rekhmire
The Great Pyramid, Giza
Rama’s brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha, from Chapter 77 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
The Hermit Xu You Resting by a Stream
Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"
Scholar Watching the Waterfall
Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura, from the “Isarda Bhagavata Purana,”
Water Buffalo Returning Home
Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana
Taking of the Toll, Dana-Lila
Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana![Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/rama-and-lakshmana-fighting-ravana-from-a-dashavatara-ten-in--44f1c99a2c65cc54-w320.webp)
Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series
Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou
Kingfisher Perched above a Stream
Shiva Intercedes for Vanasura: Scene from the Aniruddha Usha Section of Krishna Lila
Krishna Fighting Vanasura's Sons: Scene from the Aniruddha Usha Section of Krishna Lila
Xu Jingyang Moving His Family
Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto), from a Kalighat album
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 9
The Five Hundred Arhats
Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
Gazing at a Waterfall
Birth of Parshva to Queen Vama, from the Kalpa-sutra
Dragon; Tiger
Bamboo in Rain; Bamboo in Wind
Radha and Krishna in the Rain
Krishna and Radha Under Mt. Govardhan
Krishna Vanquishing Vanasura: Scene from the Aniruddha Usha Section of Krishna Lila
Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation
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The Sword Spring, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8
King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”
Krishna Summoning the Cows
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
Bamboo in Four Seasons: Summer
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Laozi Riding an Ox
Viaje de Jacob a Caná
Ansichten aus den vier Weltteilen mit Szenen von Tieren: Peking
Italienische Landschaft mit Pilgern
The Mill Stream
The Chinese Poet Pan Lang on a Donkey
Lovers
Carp and Waterweeds
Tomcat's Turf
Reaching Waves
Mountain and Calligraphy
Study for "Goat"
Hawks (Taka zu)
Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs
The Coach of Mangkoe Nagoro IV
Lost: Souvenir of Auvergne
Roundel with Wild Man Supporting a Heraldic Shield
Adventure
Theater-Mountain-Construction
Carp
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The God Izanagi and Goddess Izanami
A Colonnade in Ruins
Moss-Covered Log
Rock and Bamboo (Chikuseki zu)
Sampling Tea beneath the Wu Trees
Miraculous Landing, or the "112!"
Tracery Light
Hunting Scene, Tomb of Ineni
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Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli
住吉物語絵巻 詞書断簡|The Tale of Sumiyoshi
A Young Bull
Divertissement
The Neigh of an Iron Horse
Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel
Osprey and Weakfish
The Fortress of Königstein
The Trotter
Sunset
The Tomb of Caecilia Metella
The Farm
Autumn
Lambs, Nantucket
Hot Springs at Abano
Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design
Scenes from a Legend
Hunting Scene with a Harbor
Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close
Home, Sweet Home
Frequently asked questions
What is Landscape?
Landscape took centuries to become a subject in its own right rather than a backdrop for saints and battles.
How many Landscape works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 9,211 public-domain Landscape works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Landscape artists?
Key Landscape artists in the collection include Thomas Eakins, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot and Thomas Cole.