Grant Wood, an American painter of the twentieth century, painted the Iowa landscape
above, in a decorative manner. The natural forms are simplified and organized into a pleasing
rhythmic composition of curved lines. Interesting variety occurs in the patterns and textures
employed. Courtesy Society of Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial.

In this oil painting The Jungle by Henri Rousseau, a French painter of the late nineteenth
century, the landscape material is treated decoratively. This is the artist's conception of the
lush vegetation and the law of the jungle. Every leaf is painstakingly painted, yet the com-
position is a unit. Courtesy the An Institute of Chicago.