Classic Landscape

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Classic Landscape is a 1931 Precisionist painting by American artist Charles Sheeler that depicts an idealized, geometric view of an industrial plant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Precisionist painting
painting
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Charles Sheeler NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
depicts clean, ordered industrial environment
factory buildings
geometric architectural forms
idealized architecture
industrial landscape
industrial plant
machinery
smokestacks
depictsLocationType industrial site
manufacturing complex
genre Precisionism NERFINISHED
hasColorPalette blues
earth tones
grays
muted colors
whites
hasComposition emphasis on vertical and horizontal lines
strong geometric structure
hasMood calm
impersonal
orderly
hasPerspective carefully constructed linear perspective
hasStyle geometric abstraction
realism
hasSubjectMatter American industry
architecture
industrial modernity
modern technology
hasTechnique oil painting
hasTheme aestheticization of machinery
celebration of industrial progress
relationship between industry and landscape
inception 1931
influencedBy American urban and industrial growth
Cubism
photography
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American Modernism NERFINISHED
notableFor geometric simplification of forms
idealized view of industry
precise, photographic detail
partOf Charles Sheeler’s industrial series
title Classic Landscape NERFINISHED

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Charles Sheeler notableWork Classic Landscape
Precisionism hasNotableWork Classic Landscape