While physical copies of the Tratado del Paisaje are rare and expensive (often fetching high prices on antiquarian sites), the digital PDF version circulates widely among art collectives. Here is what a typical scan contains:
In the Tratado del Paisaje , Lhote argues that landscape painting is not merely the imitation of a view but a "magnificent traveler's tale" that requires rigorous pictorial construction .
The primary reason the is so sought after is its radical thesis: You should never copy nature; you should adapt it.