Genre
Mountains
Mountains were long things to be feared and skirted; the Romantics taught painting to revere them. The peak became the natural emblem of the sublime — vast, indifferent, half-hidden in cloud — and the figure placed beneath it stands for the whole of humanity before nature’s scale.
Key artists
Works
The Mule Pack
Apache Indians in the Mountains
La Lutschinen sortant du Glacier inférieur du Grindelwald
Berglandschaft mit Einsiedler, Engeln, Tod und Teufel
The Eagle's Nest
Ali Musjid
An Alpine pass
Fasnachtshelge "Matterhorn Wintererstbegehung"
Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai
Άτιτλο
Jungfrau, View from Mürren, Switzerland
Davoncastle Butte, Sierra Nevada
A Mountain Ramble
Intermezzo: Battling Centaurs (Opus IV, 4)
Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai
Frequently asked questions
What is Mountains?
Mountains were long things to be feared and skirted; the Romantics taught painting to revere them.
How many Mountains works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 15 public-domain Mountains works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Mountains artists?
Key Mountains artists in the collection include Frederic Remington, Edwin Landseer and David Roberts.