Irish psychiatry professor Nigel Barber sees nature as the most invigorating and uplifting visual experience.

When a person finds himself surrounded by natural landscapes, he indulges all of his senses in the natural beauty that surrounds him, in contrast to the noise and disturbance in cities and towns.

"We simply leave our anxious selves behind in the urban environment," Berber says.

Barber is not alone in this regard. Psychologist Sam Ocherson argues that the creative power of landscapes makes us more relaxed and imaginative then creative.

The same goes for landscape images from photographs and paintings.

Non-artificial landscapes whether directly visible or photographed are able to create a wonderful sense of peace.

Ocherson's view that the visual arts have psychological dimensions is not new;

There has been a growing interest among psychologists to understand why certain images or paintings are a source of comfort and peace.

Nature seems to be the answer.

Everything that brings man closer to nature makes him more relaxed, happy and peaceful.

As such, a number of the most famous paintings in history have earned their place as primarily landscape paintings.

The same is agreed by art historian Susanna Stanska, who believes that painted or photographed landscapes - like real ones - give a sense of calm and peace, to the extent that certain works of art enjoy their prominence because they are landscapes in origin.

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There are several international paintings capable of giving the viewer a sense of comfort and relaxation.

The world-famous French painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Russian Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) top a long list of painters able to give the viewer a sense of comfort.

The paintings of other painters such as the American Frederick Edwin Church (1826-1900) and the Englishman George Cole (1810-1883), also serve the same purpose because of their calm landscapes.

Garden in St. Idris

Claude Monet painted "Garden at Saint-Adris" in 1867. It is a landscape of a garden in a bathing center at El Mounch.

The board is divided into 3 horizontal parts;

Under the sky, the sea, and under the garden.

And give the impression of spring because of the flowering of colors and open flowers.

Monet made the combination of deceptive depth, on the one hand, and the two-dimensional surface, on the other, a distinctive element.

The painting follows the impressionist doctrine that spread in France in the early 20th century.

Its pioneers were interested in painting landscapes with the effect of shadow and light, and they used intermittent brush strokes and different geometric dimensions, inspired by Japanese two-dimensional drawings.

Monet exhibited the picture at the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition of 1879, 12 years after it was painted.

Black sea at night

The Black Sea at Night by Ivan Aivazovsky (1879) is a view of the sea following the stark difference between the darkness imposed by the night and the light by the moon.

In the middle of the painting is a ship that is almost invisible amidst nature that occupies the largest area of ​​the painting.

Aivazovsky's paintings appear as a wander through a great world of mythical seas and divine secrets.

Although in the end they are realistic scenes.

However, it carried with it magic and imagination that made reality legendary.

There is always a depiction of reality with a sense of romance and dramatic colors.

Black Sea painting at night (social networking sites)

Niagara Falls

"Niagara Falls" by Fritz Edwin Church, a panoramic view of the falls.

Although the painting belongs to a silent nature, the sound of water is almost heard from the painting.

Church focused on the contrast of shade and light and the different degrees of water according to the proximity or distance from the estuary;

Giving special colors to the sky and clouds.

Church is best known for his large landscape painting.

They often depict mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets.

His paintings focus on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views.

The precision and beauty of his paintings made him one of the most skilled painters in the history of the United States.

"Niagara Falls" by Fritz Edwin Church (networking sites)

rest during harvest

George Cole's "Rest at the Harvest", painted in 1865, is a panoramic panel divided horizontally into 3 levels.

The blue sky is above and in the middle the fields are deep and far, and below is the wheat crop, around which a number of peasants sit resting from their fatigue in a bright atmosphere.

Rural life played an important role in shaping most of Cole's paintings, which were rich in colors, landscapes, and completely realistic.

Cole focused in his works on showing the magic of nature, living in the open air, and the psychological comfort that the farmer feels in his work, no matter how strenuous it is.

It can be said that the silent nature was his inspiration, which gave his works that sense of serenity.

"Rest during the harvest" painting by George Cole (networking sites)