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While viewing these pieces of artwork illustrating elements of the natural world ranging over two hundred and sixty years, consider the following questions:

1) Based on the artist's technique used to create their artwork, is nature depicted as something to be admired from a distance and feared, or immersed in and revered?

2) How does the relationship between humans and nature in each painting reflect the artist's time period, such as how Romanticism influenced Church's artwork and Impressionism shaped Monet's?

3) How might these paintings speak to contemporary environmental concerns, even if they were not created with that intention?

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Wooded Landscape in the Dutch Golden Age

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Wooded Landscape in the Dutch Golden Age

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Jacob van Ruisdael, Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree, 1660-70. Oil on canvas, framed: 123 x 157 x 9.5 cm (48 7/16 x 61 13/16 x 3 3/4 inches); unframed: 99.2 x 131 cm (39 1/16 x 51 9/16 inches). The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1967.63.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717. Oil on canvas, unframed: 129 x 194 cm (50.8 x 76.38 inches). The Louvre Museum. Collection of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, INV 8525 and MR 2726.

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Sublime Sunset in the Romanticism Movement

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Sublime Sunset in the Romanticism Movement

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Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness, 1860. Oil on canvas, framed: 124 x 185 x 13 cm (48 13/16 x 72 13/16 x 5 1/8 inches); unframed: 101.6 x 162.6 cm (40 x 64 inches). The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mr. and Mrs. Williams H. Marlatt Fund, 1965.233.

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Serene Surroundings in the Impressionism Period

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Serene Surroundings in the Impressionism Period

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Claude Monet, Water Lilies (Agapanthus), 1915-26. Oil on canvas, framed: 204.9 x 430.3 x 6 cm (80 11/16 x 169 7/16 x 2 3/8 inches); unframed: 201.3 x 425.6 cm (79 1/4 x 167 9/16 inches). The Cleveland Museum of Art. John L. Severance Fund and an anonymous gift, 1960.81.

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A reflection of the Rococo tradition that emerged from France during the beginning of the 18th century, this painting depicts a dreamlike scene of aristocratic couples preparing to travel to the island of Cythera, which is believed to be the birthplace of the goddess of love Aphrodite. The fantastical scene is set in a lush, verdant landscape highlighted by its delicate colors, fluid composition, and sense of grace in the figures.

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Claude Monet, a prominent figure of Impressionist art and a devoted horticulturalist, painted scenes from his private garden in Northern France during the final decades of his life. This artwork illustrates the rays of a setting sun shining over his water lily pond. By depicting the moment on a large canvas and focusing the composition on the shimmering water, Monet evokes a sense of calm in the viewer.