Sentences with phrase «idealized view of nature»

Inspired by such European masters as Claude Lorrain, John Constable and Turner, Hudson River School paintings are characterized by a realistic, but idealized view of nature and reflect the idea that the beauty of the American landscape was a manifestation of the divine.
«The art of verdancy, or greenery, presents an idealized view of nature in perfect harmony, a metaphor that premodern Christians equated with paradise in heaven but which also aligned with renewed interests in classical philosophy and developments in science at the time,» explains Bryan C. Keene, assistant curator of manuscripts and co-curator of the exhibition.

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Subverting traditional landscape painting, my recent work presents cropped views of conservatory biomes, where «nature» is an idealized version of the real thing.
Gregory Euclide's intricately crafted sculptural works explore the tension between idealized, picturesque views of landscapes and actual experiences of being in nature.
It offers a provocative alternative to an idealized and romantic view of nature.
During these early years (1820s), landscape painting was divided into two schools or styles: the Italianate Neoclassical school of Southern Europe which promoted idealized imaginary views often populated with mythological, or biblical figures; and a more realistic school derived from the Dutch Realist tradition - more popular in England and Northern Europe - which remained faithful to the real nature rather than the idyllic version.
An urban ranger who gives tours of the river and wrote «Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in LA» in The Believer, her book, Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America, poses different ideas about nature, looks in the «wrong places» for it, and exposes idealized Nature in LA» in The Believer, her book, Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America, poses different ideas about nature, looks in the «wrong places» for it, and exposes idealized Nature in Modern America, poses different ideas about nature, looks in the «wrong places» for it, and exposes idealized nature, looks in the «wrong places» for it, and exposes idealized views.
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