{"id":2009,"date":"2018-08-06T00:49:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/?page_id=2009"},"modified":"2018-09-16T21:54:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:54:32","slug":"landscapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ideas\/landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art of a place = Landscape.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why do Artists Make Landscapes?<\/h2>\n

Because places matter to us. Whether in the city or in nature, artists capture places that have meaning to them.<\/p>\n

Impressionist painter Claude Monet<\/a><\/strong> created 250 paintings of water lilies based on a place he loved – his garden at home. It was the main focus of his artwork in the last thirty years of his life.<\/p>\n

Georgia O’Keeffe<\/strong>,<\/a> known as the “Mother of American modernism,” moved to New Mexico because she was so inspired by the landscapes. She referred to one of the remote places she painted as \u201csuch a beautiful, untouched, lonely-feeling place\u2014part of what I call the Far Away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy Goldsworthy<\/a><\/strong> makes art in nature, using nature as the materials. Or, in art terms, “site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings.” He then lets nature take its course – in the photo below, the sunlight that illuminates the ice also starts melting it. As he says, “the very thing that brings the work to life is the thing that will cause its death.”<\/p>\n

And don’t forget Bob Ross<\/strong><\/a> – who doesn’t love happy little trees?<\/p>\n

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\nImages (L-R): Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1906 \/\/ Georgia O’Keeffe, Ram’s Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills, 1935 \/\/ Andy Goldsworthy, from Rivers and Tides, 2001<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

Student Landscape Projects<\/h2>\n

Here are some student landscape projects from previous years:<\/p>\n\n