Landscape is one of the genres of painting In French, this word has the meaning "locality, country", and its theme is just a certain area. The most familiar thing under the concept of "landscape" is to mean only the image of nature, but it is broader: the landscape can be architectural, urban. And a documented accurate image in the urban…

Canvases by artists using oil paints are the most popular. Technique a la prima - "raw", without under-painting — in which, even after the first session, the artist writes on a non-dried layer or refreshes the drying film that appeared on it in a certain way. This is the first and most common method a la prima.

Before the Renaissance, the landscape performed a decorative function. But before the landscape became the bearer of the idea and before it began to help reveal the character of the main characters, and even more so gained independence, a very long time passed. For the first time, we see the image of nature on the reliefs of ancient civilizations that arose…

Oils used in painting are divided into two groups according to their composition and purpose. The first includes the so-called fatty drying oils obtained from the seeds of various plants and related to fats of vegetable origin, such as linseed, poppy, nut and other similar oils. The second group includes oils of various origins that do not belong to fats,…