Jacob Philipp Hackert Paintings Geocoded

Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) focused on natural, if idealized, outdoor settings;  he gave little attention to newer or ancient monuments around him as he moved about Italy.  Foliage was always a prominent feature, with a few figures included for perspective but not an effort to reflect societal life.  His scenes consistently reflected calm that could be gained by encountering nature: the tress arc gracefully, skies are fair, and water surfaces are pleasing.

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View of Montesarchio
by Jacob Phillip Hackert

Paintings of Naples in GeocodedArt

The climate, culture,and dramatic, if ominous terrain, has long charmed visitors to this  city.  See it from every angle that painters have used to try to capture it, and its varied moods.  The whole of the Bay has inspired efforts to visually capture the atmosphere

Paintings of Naples geocoded

Naples. View of the Darsena delle Galere
by Gaspar van Wittel

George Loring Brown Paintings in Italy

George Loring Brown (1814-1889) works have more of a look of a memory than a current field of view.  This is especially true in long view panoramas in Italy,  less so in paintings of his native New England: (though his White Mountain paintings all have just a perfect amount of fall color for accent).
The paintings in Italy evoke more of a collective memory than just his own: the glory that once was, and a reflection on what is lasting.  His views generally did not include any humans: maybe he regarded them as transitory also.

George Loring Brown paintings geocoded

View of the Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum
by George Loring Brown

Carl Rottmann Paintings Geocoded

Carl Rottmann (1798-1852) did numerous large scale works depicting heroic scenes of ancient times in Greece and southern Italy.  His view were expansive vistas with far horizons with scant evidence of current human habitation.  The wide open skies were perhaps a spur to the imagination of the viewer to contemplate what previously occurred on seemingly unchanging terrain.  In that they are not shown to be sites of activity today, they viewer could further suppose that they sites of the most important of contemporary human activities have moved from those sites.

Carl Rottman paintings geocoded

Island of Delos
by Carl Rottmann

Paintings of Taormina in Geocoded Art

Many artists have been attracted to, and felt moved to capture on canvas, the stunning sites of the ruins on Sicily.  Its dramatic setting, perched above the sea in the first range of cliffs in the northeast of the island, was an appropriate place for the drama performed in the theater.  The skeleton of that theater was most often the subject of the painters, as they tried to evoke the long-silences voices.

Paintings of Taormina geocoded

Greek Theater at Taormina
by William Stanley Haseltine

Thomas Patch Paintings in GeocodedArt.com

Thomas Patch (1725-1782) painted pleasing scenes in and around Florence; they appear to be suitable for decorating the sorts of interiors that he painted more numerously (along with many figure studies of his social circle).    

The views that he painted were done with a slightly different perspective than what was commonly painted by others: looking at a bridge from a different direction, or from a greater distance. 

Thomas Patch paintings geocoded

A view of the Arno, Florence, from the Cascine Gardens
by Thomas Patch

Twenty Artists' Paintings of Tivoli Geocoded

For thousands of years, the natural drama of the waterfalls of the River Aniene have drawn visitors, builders of dream homes, and those seeking spiritual connections.  Landscape painters have followed in large numbers, vying to capture the phenomenon of falling water or to capture the atmosphere of a unique place.   The terrain affords the wealthy builder of villas a chance to creates naturally powered fountains and scenic pools that make their get-away dwelling a refreshing relief from the hot house that is Rome.

Tivoli paintings geocoded

Tivoli 

by Francois-Marius Granet