landscape Copy link Outline I. The actual sceneII. A picture of scenery • landscape: I. The actual scene: forma et situs agri, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4; regionis situs, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 13. Phr.: the l. in front of the house consists of woods and mountains in the distance, prospectat domus silvas et longinquos montes, cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 17. 5. II. A picture of scenery: Phr. to paint l.s, ab certis locorum proprietatibus imagines exprimere, Vitr. 7, 5, 2; flumina, fontes, montes, etc., pingere, ib.. cf. Plin. 35, 10, 37 § 116, where landscapepainting is described. (By topia, topiaria opera, Vitr., Plin. ll. cc., is denoted artificial or fancy landscape.)