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Art Glossary: Landscape Canvas

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Landscape shape canvas paintings

A painting on a landscape-shape canvas is wider than it is tall. The subject can be anything.

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Definition:

A landscape canvas is one that is a horizontal rectangle, that is wider than it is tall. The format can be used for painting any subject, not just for painting landscapes.

The opposite of a landscape canvas is a portrait canvas.

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