Mod 13-14 Curator project

            For my curator project I chose to show a brief history of landscape paintings and scenes. Beginning with the Romans, which were some of the earliest to be found by internet search, landscape scenes were merely a backdrop, often for depictions of various gods.  East Asian landscape art ,done frequently on scrolls or silk, tended to represent the best scenes of nature not necessarily any particular view.  European landscapes, post roman to pre renaissance seemed to be realistic in nature, but still a backdrop for the figures of the story.  The renaissance artists altered the perception of what a landscape could be by putting a greater focus on the landscape itself and how we view nature. The Hudson School style of capturing the beauty of nature I found appealing and is well represented in American folk art.  Christina's World was my last selection and it seemed to be a bridge between the beauty of landscape art and the appeal of a greater meaning to a work of art.