Cluade Lorrain And The Rediscovery Of English Landscape

Claude Lorrain perfectly blended the beauty of classical ideals with realism,further establishing the standard of classical ideal landscape painting,perfecting its expression,and enriching its connotation.With the prevalence of the Grand Tour Movement in Britain in the 18 th century,Claude's landscape paintings entered the British vision,which not only attracted the British,but also caused the collection and comments of painters,collectors and amateurs.Under the influence of the Grand Tour,a good artistic atmosphere has formed in the Britain,which has promoted the importance of scenery in people's consciousness and inspired the awakening of the native British people to the natural feelings around them.Britain has once idyllic countryside views,but people do not realize this beauty.The Grand Tour brought the classical landscape paintings represented by Claude into the eyes of the British.With the paradigm established by classical landscape paintings,they learned to look at the surrounding natural scenery in a painter's eyes.After the picturesque aesthetics prevailed,the British used a unique travel tool such as the "Claude Mirror" to find and discover the beautiful natural scenery of the British mainland like landscape painting,and began the journey of rediscovering the native landscape.Landscape painters have re-established their understanding of British landscape in imitation and exploration,and presented landscapes with British characteristics.Landscape architects have contributed to the representative British gardens and re-established people's impression of British landscape gardens.As a result,British landscape and garden art left an important mark in art history.