There are many depictions of forests in art. Even a photograph is a depiction. Although it may seem as if a forest photograph cannot be posed, an area can be cleared, have logs added or managed in a way to generate a "typical" though actually non typical forest.
illustrations[edit | edit source]
Gustave Doré
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blg8eGdWRSc http://web.archive.org/web/20180701213303/http://djelibeibi.unex.es:80/libros/Dore/ http://web.archive.org/web/20200222100121/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com:80/illustrations/diamondstoads/dorefairies.html
STORY ILLUSTRated by Doré about woodcutter and the ax shaft - tree gives ax handle and the forrester then chops the tree down the felling forester revealing irony.
Pictures[edit | edit source]
Greenpeace: Old Growth Forest from Inari: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenpeacefinland/542236714/
Forest Landscapes: http://www.samikeranen.com/cpg14x/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=95
Paintings[edit | edit source]
Anton Mauve The Wagon 1885 - shows a tree cut down and dragged away
http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/by_artist.php?Artist_ID=202
Preraphalaete Art has many good depictions:
John William Inchbold A Study in March (In Early Spring) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/AStudyinMarchInchbold.jpg
William Dyce Titian's First Essay in Colour 1856-7 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLSVgS5AxBI/SXIEpfuyYdI/AAAAAAAAVuE/C7KX27IJFlI/s1600-h/Titian_Dyce.jpg
William Dyce George Herbert at Bemreton 1861
