O adjetivo bucólico relaciona-se, nos textos Arcádicos, com as belezas da vida campestre, nomeadamente a pastoril. Virgílio, poeta latino, dedicou um dos seus livros a este tipo de vida.

Thomas Cole (1801-1848)-'the course of empire. The Arcadian pastoral state'-oil on canvas-1834    New York-Historical Society

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)-'et in Arcadia ego'-oil on canvas-(1637-1639)    Paris-Musée du Louvre

Alvan Fisher (1792-1863)-'pastoral landscape'-oil on canvas-1856    Washington (DC)-White House

Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, called Giorgione (ca 1477-1510)-oil on canvas-(1508-1509)    Paris-Musée du Louvre

Meister des Vergilius Romanus (5th century)-'the Georgics of Virgil.III.book. shepherds with their flocks'-parchment    Città del Vaticano-Biblioteca Apostolica