Corot's Landscapes Classical Scenery Combined with a Strict Structure

Corot's landscapes classical scenery combined with a strict structure and personal visual approach in the handling of light and atmosphere by the British painter was inspired, concerned about "tone" and the subtle color contrast with the shades different blocks of color under natural light and vivid picture of the landscape. He kind of new ways to capture the air of the later impressionist had a considerable influence, the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro Corot called his "mentor." But between him and impressionist there is still considerable difference. Despite the focus on observation of nature Corot, often painting outdoors, but all his works are done in the studio to complete, and outdoor sketching assignments only provided him with a landscape motif, in which he often incorporated into the landscape motif classical mythology or religious themes, and use a narrative approach to treatment of the characters in the painting, which can not but think of the 17th century, Poussin and Lorrain. In fact, in essence, deeply admired Corot classical landscape painting, but he brought the classical style of the individual nature of the poetic and sincere.