World's First Landscape Painting

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm doing an Oxford University module on Northern Renaissance Art - it started yesterday. There was a link to what is believed to by the first ever (1518-20) landscape painting - where landscape is the subject of the painting, not a background relief. And it has struck me how photo-like it is. What do you think?

More info on it HERE.

 

[Davie Hudson]

it's ironic to me that the painting looks like a photo and my photo's look like paintings

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Interesting Rob. I have always been fascinated with the story/history/reason for the invention of photography. My first real art teacher was convinced that it was invented to extend the ability of painters to paint. Although I don't agree totally with that...I find it interesting that a painter, Jacques Daguerre and his process, made the subject of photography better known to that community...and eventually the general public. The painting vs photograph...art vs reality...is still an interesting discussion for me.

 

[Pete Askew]

I very nearly went into The National Gallery yesterday, but had just spent 2 hours in the National Portrait Gallery and wanted some 'fresh' air.

It does have quite a photographic 'look' to it doesn't it rather than a painted landscape as we'd think of one today.

 

[Brian Moore]

The painting vs photograph...art vs reality...is still an interesting discussion for me.

@Glenn Clabo, we had a discussion that touched on this a while back. The question was, and is, is the photograph indeed reality?