Picturesque > Intro
The Picturesque is a late eighteenth-century
aesthetic movement that shares many of the concerns and styles
of Romanticism. In Picturesque designs, the material is composed “as if for a picture.” In
fact, one hallmark of the picturesque is the construction of frames
that define what viewers are intended to see and appreciate. Picturesque
imagery included colorful rural people and customs, exotic settings
and costumes, classical architecture in ruins, and nature in an imperfect
state such as fallen trees, craggy rocks or cliffs, or winding streams. “Shaggy” and “serpentine” are
qualities sought by the Picturesque artist.
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