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Paintings of the countryside are called landscapes.
In a landscape, the people are usually very smaLL,
and sometimes there aren't any people. The most
important thing in a Landscape is the countryside.
Many artists like painting mountains. Sunlight
and shadows on mountains can look amazing.
Jose Velasco was born in Mexico in 1840. He painted
beautiful landscapes of mountains. In this landscape,
Jose Velasco puts big shapes together. Near us there
are some plants. They are big, bright, and green.
Far away, there's a mountain, with snow on the top.
It looks big and cold.
Oceans and Islands
Ando Hiroshige was born in Japan in 1797. He
painted busy streets, but he's also famous for his
landscapes and pictures of the ocean. His pictures
often surprise us because he put very different
shapes together. He liked putting big, strong
shapes at the front of his paintings.
For example, look at his picture of A Plate from China
the ocean. The biggest things in
the picture are the waves, and
they look very near.
There are beautiful landscapes
in Chinese art, too. Some of
them are on bowls and plates.
This plate shows lots of small,
rocky islands with houses.