Is landscape a modern invention?
Regional courses at the École du Louvre
Cycle of 4 sessions of 1h30.
By Chantal Georgel, Honorary General Curator of Heritage
Painted landscapes can be found on the walls of every museum, where they triumphed with Impressionism. But was there ever a time when landscapes were neither seen nor perceived? A time when painting it was a minor genre? That was before it aroused interest and even became a fashion (through plein-air work), from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, driven by a growing love of Nature associated with the discovery and invention of new places, real or imagined.
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Session 1: The invention of landscape (15th-1830s) from Rome to Barbizon
Monday, March 11, 2024
Session 2: Barbizon to Impressionism: “d’après nature” / seize the moment that won’t come back.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Session 3: Discovered landscapes, invented landscapes (mountains, sea, sky, elsewhere…)
Monday, March 25, 2024
Session 4: “The radiating city”: urban landscapes, industrial landscapes, the photographed landscape
Monday, April 8, 2024
Cycle of 4 sessions of 1h30.
By Chantal Georgel, Honorary General Curator of Heritage
Painted landscapes can be found on the walls of every museum, where they triumphed with Impressionism. But was there ever a time when landscapes were neither seen nor perceived? A time when painting it was a minor genre? That was before it aroused interest and even became a fashion (through plein-air work), from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, driven by a growing love of Nature associated with the discovery and invention of new places, real or imagined.
Sign up
Session 1: The invention of landscape (15th-1830s) from Rome to Barbizon
Monday, March 11, 2024
Session 2: Barbizon to Impressionism: “d’après nature” / seize the moment that won’t come back.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Session 3: Discovered landscapes, invented landscapes (mountains, sea, sky, elsewhere…)
Monday, March 25, 2024
Session 4: “The radiating city”: urban landscapes, industrial landscapes, the photographed landscape
Monday, April 8, 2024