Later, as night fell, I could hear the faint sound of avalanches on the distant mountains.

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In "Simplon Pass: At the Top" (1909-11), figures resting in a mountain field meld into the meadow and the distant mountains.

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'A sheet of snow gleamed on the slopes of these distant mountains... the peaks brazenly pierced the grey cloud to reappear above the shifting vapours like reefs, suspended in the sky...

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The painting emphasizes the drama of altitude and distance by depicting the boldly varied textures of near and distant mountains, and of a stormy sky above the still waters below.

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Riders are soon lost in a world of tall trees and rugged hills, with tantalising glimpses of the distant peaks of the Velebit mountains.

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Some of the most beautiful things in this show are the shikisi, or poem cards, in which the visual form of Koetsu's writing chimes wonderfully with the loops and eddies of Sotatsu's water, the spikes of his plant stems and the slow blur of his distant mountains.

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The vistas are immense, the pure light held in by distant snow-capped mountains.

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