What is landscape painting and its development history?

Landscape painting is a painting with natural scenery as its main content. It is called "landscape painting" in Chinese painting. The earliest record of landscape painting in China is that of Wei and Jin Dynasties. At this time, the landscape paintings of other countries and regions have not yet formed, and they have not yet got rid of the status of "attachment". In Europe, it was not until13rd century that there was a unique landscape painting. When painters paint landscapes, they usually sketch from the scene first, and then go back to the studio to sort out their creations. In modern times, painters use cameras to collect materials:

In landscape painting, western painting pays attention to the changes of shape, color and light; Chinese painting pays more attention to the expression of qi, rhyme and spirit.