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.)
LANDSCAPE Copy link • LANDSCAPEA portion of land seen at one view, *ruris species; *rus amoenum; *regio; *regionis forma. A picture representing a country prospect, *regio (in tabulā) picta or depicta (as a picture of a real landscape): forma regionis picta (a fancy piece; Plin., Ep.): a beautifully-painted landscape, forma regionis ad eximiam pulchritudinem picta (ibid.): landscapes, opus topium; topia, -orum, neuter (sc. opera, in Vitr., 7, 5, 2; Vid: Karl Otfried Müller’s Archaeol., § 209, 6, 4): ☞ topiarium opus is ornamental gardening.