He was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. This artistic shift seems to have corresponded to a growing interest in the natural world sparked by the Renaissance.Īlbrecht Durer’s (1471-1528) watercolour landscapes are some of the earliest recordings of the northern Renaissance world. This continued until the 16th century when artists began to view landscapes as a subject in their own right. ‘Landscape’, 1st Century AD, Wall Painting, Villa Albani, RomeĪfter the fall of the Roman Empire the tradition of depicting pure landscapes declined and landscape was seen only as a setting for religious and figural scenes. But, here, even the hellenistic artists did not know the laws of perspective. Everything was charmingly arranged in these pictures, and all the set pieces were looking their best.
The Greeks and Romans created wall paintings of landscapes and gardenscapes.
Artists have been painting landscapes since Roman times.
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