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Pastoral

Scope note

Genre that depicts or evokes idyllic life in the country; in works of pictorial art, often scenes of shepherds and shepherdesses in idealized arcadian landscapes.

This term has 176 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Motif

Getty AAT term number

3000250491

Broader Terms used

<genres in the arts>

Term used for

arcadia

Created

12yrs ago

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