Adoration of the Lamb

The invention of the portable easel and storable oil-based paint in the 15th century are the two factors in the boom of landscape artwork. Suddenly, artists were able to pack up their materials and traipse the country sides, capturing anything they wanted on their canvases.

To the right is an example of a famous landscape painting. "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" was painted in 1432.