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The landscape genre in the history of western art was, for a long time, considered minor, of little relevance by the French and Italian Art Academies, inferior to the grandiose categories of historical and religious painting and the portraits of eminent personalities. Nevertheless, the landscape was also a central element in the turning point of modern art, becoming a recurring subject of the impressionists that began to paint en plein air. The change of environment – from the closed studio, with controlled conditions, to the open air and natural sunlight – imposed a different condition on …