The Art of Nature and the Nature of Art

This site is devoted to the study of various art forms, including but not limited to painting, music and literature.   Above all, it will examine connections between the more traditional forms of art and Nature itself, and it will explore, in particular, the notion that a garden represents "living art."

Visitors are welcome to add their comments and suggestions regarding topics under discussion.  My hope is that by exploring and sharing the joys of Art and Nature, together we shall discover the meaning of these words penned by the English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821): "Beauty is truth, truth beauty -- that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

Images
of
Nature

Mainstays
of the
Midwest Garden
Favorite
Plant and Seed
Sources
Landscape
Design Ideas
Monarch Butterfly
The Poets
and Painters
of Nature
University of Illinois
Extension
Master Gardeners



Artists
to
Appreciate

Lyonel
Feininger

(1871-1957)
Jean-Baptiste Camille
Corot

(1796-1875)
Vincent
van Gogh
(1853-1890)
Palette and Brush Lead to More Painters
Wassily
Kandinsky
(1866-1944)
The
Feminine
Touch



Noteworthy
Composers

Ludwig
Van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Felix
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(1809-1847)
Frederic
Chopin
(1810-1849)
Claude
Debussy
(1862-1918)
Listen to Music
Sergei
Rachmaninov
(1873-1943)



Writers
Worth
Reading

William
Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
It's a Mystery
to Me
Book and Feather Pen
Paris
Between
the World Wars
The
Bloomsbury
Group
More Master
Stylists and
Tellers of Tales

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Quotation of the Month

          "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable
           to that of the garden." -- Thomas Jefferson



Painters and More Painters                                  Click for Morton, Illinois, Forecast

Images of Nature and the Garden

Authors to Evaluate

Composers to Consider

Virtual Notebook

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This web site was designed by Carol A. Morrisey as part of a Virtual University course
and was last revised on 3 July 2004.