Landschaftsmalerei

landscape painting

noun LANT-shafts-mah-le-rye Rare

Usage Note

Landschaftsmalerei is the genre of painting in which landscape — rather than figures or narrative — is the primary subject. In German Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich elevated Landschaftsmalerei into a form of spiritual contemplation.

Examples

"Die romantische Landschaftsmalerei betonte die erhabene Wirkung der Natur."

Natural Translation

Romantic landscape painting emphasised the sublime effect of nature.

Literal Translation

The romantic landscape-painting emphasised the sublime effect of-the nature.

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