Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)

Landscape in the Jura Jura Landscape

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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Time Period

Ca. 1854

Abstract

Gustave Courbet, a self-declared Realist, rejected the inherent sentimentality of the earlier Romantics. Courbet's interest in portraying things as they really appear, together with his non-academic orientation, place him in the front rank of the quest for realism that was the premise for much of the artistic activity during the second half of the nineteenth century. Emphatic in his opinions and constantly defying authority, Courbet believed that painters should paint only their own time and that "painting is an essentially concrete art, and can consist only of representation of real and existing things."

Keywords

San Fransico, California, Style: French Realist, School: Realist, Movement: Realism, French, Painting;, Painting

Alt Text

A framed painting depicting a mountainous landscape with a river flowing through a valley under a partly cloudy sky. The scene includes lush greenery and distant hills.

Geographic Location

San Fransico, California

Rights

This material is licensed by USF Libraries for the research and teaching needs of USF students, staff, and faculty only. See: https://lib.usf.edu/collections-and-discovery/collection-management/user-terms/

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Identifier

A01-NFF0651

Landscape in the Jura Jura Landscape

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