The Mogao Grottoes

black-and-white prints

the nation’s first amateur photography association

A century later Carlo Ridolfi

ISBN 978-0-89236-930-0

Sacred Landscapes: Nature in Renaissance Manuscripts CAA 2025 The Mogao GrottoesBryan C. Keene and Alexandra Kaczenski Distant blue hills, soaring trees, vast cloudless skiesthe majesty of nature has always had the power to lift the human spirit. For some it evokes a sense of timelessness and wonder. For others it reinforces religious convictions. And for many people today it raises concerns for the welfare of the planet. During the Renaissance, artists from Italy to Flanders and England to Germany depicted nature in their