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plein-air (plān-âr`, Fr. plĕn-ĕr`) [Fr.,=open-air], term used for paintings or drawings made directly from nature and infused with a feeling of the open air. Painting outdoors is a relatively recent practice; the impressionists and the painters of the Barbizon school Barbizon school (bär'bĭzōN`, bär`bĭzŏn'), an informal school of French landscape painting that flourished c. ..... Click the link for more information. made plein-air painting an important dimension of their landscape work. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Landscape architecture (often mistakenly considered the handmaiden of architecture) is all ambience and therefore little understood in the confines of a museum, Curator Aaron Betsky made a smart move then in organizing an exhibition of five landscape projects en plein air, and not even in some artificially created zone. At each end the hall extends onto terraces which adjoin the sunken levels of the restaurant and lobby spaces, so that in summer workers can eat or simply lounge en plein air. |
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