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2. Landscape painting - Wikipedia

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   Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works, landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of ...

3. Warli painting - Wikipedia

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   The Warli painting tradition in Maharashtra are among the finest examples of the folk style of paintings. The Warli tribe is one of the largest in India, located outside Mumbai. Till the 1970s, even though the tribal style of art is thought to date back as early as 10th century C.E. [ 1 ] The Warli culture is centered on the concept of Mother ...

4. Luminism (American art style) - Wikipedia

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   According to Earl E. Powell, this is particularly visible in paintings by John Frederick Kensett, who shifted the visual concern for landscape to an interest in quietism, making pictures of mood that depict a poetic experience of nature. Furthermore, his painting Shrewsbury River “reduces nature to cryptographic essentials of composition ...

5. Shan shui - Wikipedia

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   Shan shui painting is a kind of painting which goes against the common definition of what a painting is. Shan shui painting refutes color, light and shadow and personal brush work. Shan shui painting is not an open window for the viewer's eye, it is an object for the viewer's mind. Shan shui painting is more like a vehicle of philosophy. [6]

6. Isabella Kirkland - Wikipedia

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   Isabella Kirkland, Forest Floor, oil on polyester over panel, 36" x 60", 2007. Isabella Kirkland (born 1954) is an American visual artist and biodiversity researcher. [1] [2] She is known for intricate, representational paintings that straddle art history, natural science and ecological activism.

7. Robert Bateman (painter) - Wikipedia

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   Establishing and maintaining an art gallery to perpetuate, protect, enhance and promote the artistic and cultural legacy of nature-inspired artists, including Robert Bateman. Supporting or developing educational programs relating to the environment and nature-inspired artists. Robert Bateman is already aligned with child-in-nature philosophies.

8. Madhubani art - Wikipedia

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   Madhubani paintings are made from the paste of powdered rice. Madhubani painting has remained confined to a compact geographical area and the skills have been passed on through centuries, the content and the style have largely remained the same. Thus, Madhubani painting has received GI (Geographical Indication) status. Madhubani paintings use ...

9. History of painting - Wikipedia

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   The paintings varied from large frescoes of Ajanta to the intricate Mughal miniature paintings to the metal embellished works from the Tanjore school. The paintings from the Gandhar–Taxila are influenced by the Persian works in the west. The eastern style of painting was mostly developed around the Nalanda school of art.