Landscape 1890

Camille Pissarro rendered this landscape in watercolor, capturing a tranquil waterside scene. Note the luminous moon dominating the sky, its reflection shimmering on the water below. The moon, an age-old symbol, has traversed epochs and cultures, embodying themes of cyclical change, feminine mystique, and the subconscious. In ancient times, lunar deities such as Selene and Luna were venerated, linked to fertility and intuition. Similarly, in our own minds, the moon evokes the realm of dreams, the emotional tides that ebb and flow within us. I recall similar representations of nocturnal landscapes in Northern Renaissance painting, and how they later emerged in Romanticism. Think of Caspar David Friedrich’s solitary figures contemplating the moon. The moon embodies a yearning for the sublime, a connection to the infinite. It is a timeless symbol, resonating with our deepest emotions, continually reinventing itself in the human psyche.