From the ancient charcoal animals of France's Chauvet Cave, to 17th century Dutch windmill paintings, art history can tell us a lot about our evolving view of the natural world. In this episode, producer Taylor Quimby (a self-described art-world neophyte) searches for individual works and genres through history that reveal something interesting about human society and the outdoors.

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The Outside/In Art Museum

1. View of Egmond on the sea, by jacob van ruisdael. 1648, oil on panel.

2. chauvet cave paintings, by unknown artists. charcoal and animal fat on cave wall.

3. Mr. and mrs. andrews, by thomas gainsborough. 1750, oil on canvas.

5. An Indian summer morning in the white mountains, by jasper francis cropsey. 1857,m oil on canvas.

6.Spiral jetty, by robert smithson. 1970, basalt rock, salt crystals, earth, water.

7. Blued Trees symphony, aviva rahmani. 2015-, casein on tree bark. photo credit robin boucher.

8. Wind Farm #50, by brian ritchard, oil on canvas.

Essex salt marsh estuary plein air paintings - from top left corner, toni deruntz, marlene zychowski, betty brown, bob williams. several artists asked that it be noted that some of these works are still in progress.

Outside/In was produced this week by:

Taylor Quimby with help from Sam Evans-Brown, Justine Paradis, Jimmy Gutierrez, and Sara Ernst

Erika Janik is our executive producer.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.

Special thanks to Hannah Rothstein, and the Plein Air Painters of NH.

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