The document discusses different types and contexts of landscape. It begins by defining landscape as rural scenes including fields, trees and plants depicted in paintings and photographs. However, it notes landscape has a wider definition and can also include cityscapes showing views within towns and cities, as demonstrated through examples of paintings of London and Venice. Landscape is further expanded to encompass photographs of cities from the past as well as images by contemporary photographers documenting modern urban environments. Finally, the document states landscape has an even broader meaning that extends beyond depictions of nature and built structures.

1. Landscape

2. When we think of landscape we
probably first think of paintings or
photography that includes fields,
trees, plants and so on … what we
might call rural or countryside images
17th century Landscape
paintings by Claude Lorrain

3. Fay Godwin

4. Fay Godwin

5. Ansel Adams

6. Ansel Adams

7. Charlie Waite

8. Charlie Waite

9. But landscape in its wider context or meaning
can include views within towns and cities …

10. Such as these
picturesque views of
London and Venice by
Canaletto (1697-1768)

11. Or these Victorian paintings
of twilight city life

12. This photograph of London from around 1900 is a
type of landscape …. what we might call a ‘cityscape’
or ‘urban landscape’.

13. Beate Gutschow is a
contemporary photographer producing
images of our modern urban landscape

14. Beate Gutschow

22. But landscape can have an even wider context
or meaning than the natural or build
environment …

23. Edward Weston

24. Edward Weston

25. Allan I Teger

26. Allan I Teger

27. Carl Warner

28. Carl Warner