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[[File:Diaz de la Peña, Foret of Fontainebleau, 1868.jpg|thumb|Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Foret of Fontainebleau, 1868.]]

[[File:Diaz de la Peña, Foret of Fontainebleau, 1868.jpg|thumb|280px|Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Foret of Fontainebleau, 1868.]]

Even as landscapes became acceptable as subjects in the 17th century, they were still often created merely as settings for biblical, mythological, or historical scenes. The classical landscape was perfected by French artists [[Nicolas Poussin]] and [[Claude Lorrain]].  [[French painting|French painter]] [[Camille Corot|Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] and painters in the [[Barbizon School]] established a French landscape tradition. It became the most influential in Europe for a century with the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]] and [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionists]]; for the first time landscape painting would become the main source of innovation across all genre of painting. The influence of the Revolutionary artist [[Gustave Courbet]] extended well beyond Impressionism, impacting the work of [[Paul Cézanne]] and [[Vincent Van Gogh]], as well as painters in the 20th century. [http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/landscapes/background1.html]

Even as landscapes became acceptable as subjects in the 17th century, they were still often created merely as settings for biblical, mythological, or historical scenes. The classical landscape was perfected by French artists [[Nicolas Poussin]] and [[Claude Lorrain]].  [[French painting|French painter]] [[Camille Corot|Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] and painters in the [[Barbizon School]] established a French landscape tradition. It became the most influential in Europe for a century with the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]] and [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionists]]; for the first time landscape painting would become the main source of innovation across all genre of painting. The influence of the Revolutionary artist [[Gustave Courbet]] extended well beyond Impressionism, impacting the work of [[Paul Cézanne]] and [[Vincent Van Gogh]], as well as painters in the 20th century. [http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/landscapes/background1.html]