Twee voorstellingen 1842

Johann Caspar Nepomuk Scheuren created this print, called "Two views," in the 19th century using etching. In the 19th century, the genre of landscape painting gained popularity and was closely associated with the emerging sense of national identity. The images here depict idealized versions of nature featuring quaint buildings. These landscapes have a cultural and historical resonance, with particular buildings or geographic formations becoming associated with cultural heritage. In the 19th century, the rise of nationalism encouraged artists to represent local landscapes as symbols of national pride. Landscape painting also became a way of reflecting on the relationship between humans and nature. Romanticism encouraged the idea of nature as sublime. By studying works like this, art historians consider how national identity is constructed and how artistic movements reflect broader cultural and intellectual trends.