The Art of Claude Lorrain - ACE022.2

Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid (aka The Enchanted Castle, 1664). Commentary defines Claude Lorrain (Gellée) as the first and greatest painter of classical landscape. Details of the painting. Part of The Rise of the Roman Empire (1661). Commentary explains that Claude’s landscapes were rarely a direct record of a particular place but represent "a distillation of a particular type of landscape". Mill on a River (1631), Pastoral Landscape (1638). Detail of Pastoral Capriccio with the Arch of Constantine (c.1651). Landscape with Sacrifice to Apollo (1662). Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Silvia (1682). Pastoral Capriccio with the Arch of Constantine. Commentary talks about Claude’s handling of the generally flat Campagnia countryside. Landscape with Sacrifice to Apollo. More of The Rise of the Roman Empire. Details of Mill on a River and Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa (1667) showing Claude’s use of light. Harbour Scene at Sunset (1643): Claude uses the sea to give a contrast to the fading light. A Seaport (1674). Detail from The Landing of Aeneas at Pallanteum (1675). Details from Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Silvia "enlivened with rocky features" based on memories of the Bay of Naples and the cliffs of Capri. Details from Harbour Scene at Sunset and Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa showing light playing on the ripples of the sea. Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa is split almost equally between land and sea.