Meaning

noun an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

noun painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery

noun a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

originFrom an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots…

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