Drawing The Landscape • Direct

: During the Renaissance, artists like Leonardo da Vinci began treating landscapes as serious scientific and artistic studies. By the 17th century, masters like Claude Lorrain helped establish the landscape as its own genre.

: Though famous for portraits, he loved landscapes so much that he would build "model landscapes" on his tabletop using lumps of coal for rocks and broccoli for trees to use as inspiration for his evening sketches. Drawing the Landscape

: Our ancestors used natural pigments to sketch their surroundings in caves. In Ancient Rome, "gardenscapes" were popular, while Chinese artists often "fled to nature" to find spiritual peace in their brushwork. : During the Renaissance, artists like Leonardo da