Landscape with Gothic Ruins 1810 - 1820
corneliusvarley
theartinstituteofchicago
drawing, print, paper, graphite
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drawing
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light pencil work
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pen sketch
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incomplete sketchy
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paper
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personal sketchbook
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ink drawing experimentation
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pen-ink sketch
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water
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pen work
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graphite
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sketchbook drawing
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sketchbook art
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initial sketch
"Landscape with Gothic Ruins" is a pencil drawing by Cornelius Varley, dating from 1810-1820, now housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The work depicts a crumbling Gothic structure partially obscured by trees and foliage, emphasizing the Romantic era's fascination with the picturesque and sublime. Varley's precise yet delicate lines convey the sense of decay and the passage of time, making this a captivating example of 19th-century English landscape drawing.
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