One of the principal types or genres of subject in Western art is landscape
It has been relatively recently that nature started being appreciated for its own sake and became a specific subject of art.
Here, landscape painter Albert Serino shares some facts about landscape painting across the centuries.
Landscape was used only as a background of portraits or paintings, generally of religious, mythological or historical subjects, until the seventeenth century.
Nowadays, landscape continues to be a major theme in art. In order to explore the ways people relate to the places they live in, and to record the impact they have on the land and the environment, many artists, including Al Serino, are using documentary techniques such as video, photography and classification processes.
