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The exhibition discloses the diversity of European landscapes from different aspects: cultural traditions in the major regions on the Old Continent such as Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western and Central European countries, uniqueness of global mental representation, diversities of the geographical structure of landscape, chronological and stylistic development of the landscape genre and the originality of artists' works and their role in the context of the history of European art. Painted landscapes from the sixteenth – early twentieth centuries depict characteristic landscapes and locations from the Adriatic to the North Sea, from the British Isles to Hungarian plains.

Apart from revealing the diversity of geographical and geo-morphological aspects of European landscapes, many of these landscapes are sites with significant aesthetic, tourist, archaeological, historical and cultural value.

The majority of the 250 exhibits were selected from collections of Lithuanian Art Museum and Upper Austrian State Museum; a valuable collection will be provided by the National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum and exhibits will come from the National Warsaw Museum, Latvian National Art Museum, Estonian Art Museum KUMU, Ateneum Art Museum of the Finnish National Gallery, Lentos Museum of Modern Art in Linz, Neue Galerie Grace, Šiauliai Aušra Museum, Alka Museum of Samogitians and other institutions which preserve the heritage of the fine arts.

Date: 12 March – 30 May 2009

Venue: Museum of Applied Art of Lithuanian Art Museum, Arsenalo Str. 3A

Entrance is charged. Tickets are available from the Museum of Applied Art of Lithuanian Art Museum

Information about the event: www.ldm.lt