Himalayas 

Nicholas Roerich painted this landscape of the Himalayas, where the majestic peaks command the scene, swathed in white against the blue of the sky. Mountains have long been powerful symbols across cultures, representing both the formidable barriers of the earth and the sacred places closest to the heavens. In ancient Greece, Mount Olympus was the home of the gods, while in the East, mountains like those depicted here are seen as places of spiritual ascent and enlightenment. The upward-pointing triangle of the mountain is one of humanity’s oldest symbols, found in the pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica. It is not merely a geographical feature but an archetypal form, charged with the collective human desire for transcendence, mirrored by the spiritual significance of Mount Meru in Buddhist cosmology. The mountains capture something primal—the human soul's relentless quest for what lies beyond.