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For the first computing devices a screen was built to operate in only portrait or landscape mode, and changing between orientations was not possible. Typically a custom video controller board was needed to support the unusual screen orientation, and software often needed to be custom-written in order to support the tall, narrow screen layout.
Landscape with scene from the Odyssey, Rome, c. 60–40 BCE. 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 ...
Altdorfer's landscape etchings, of which nine are known, are the first European prints with such subject. [12]Of particular interest is a group of ten delicately hand-coloured impressions of the etchings (8 in Albertina, 1 in Veste Coburg, and 1 in the British Museum). [13]
Myself, Portrait-Landscape (French: Moi-même, portrait-paysage) is an oil on canvas self-portrait by Henri Rousseau, from 1890. It is held in the National Gallery Prague . It was chosen as one of the 105 decisive western paintings for Michel Butor 's imaginary museum.
Warren Henry Manning (November 7, 1860–February 5, 1938) was an American landscape designer and promoter of the informal and naturalistic "wild garden" approach to garden design. In his designs, Manning emphasized pre-existing flora through a process of selective pruning to create a "spatial structure and character."
John Inigo Richards in the group portrait The Academicians of the Royal Academy by Zoffany. John Inigo Richards RA (1731– 18 December 1810) was a British landscapist who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and was secretary to the Academy from 1788 until his death.
Artist Jonathan Yeo and King Charles III Aaron Chown-WPA Pool/Getty Images Jonathan Yeo, the artist behind King Charles III’s new portrait, explained why he chose to give the painting a red hue.
He has won the Archibald Prize for portraiture twice: first in 1987 for Equestrian self portrait, then in 1995 for Self-portrait with stunned mullet. He has also won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting in 1990 ( The rainforest ) and 1996 ( Creation landscape – earth and sea ).