The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes from mythology or the Bible. Yet he also created some of the most influential landscapes in Western art, endowing them with a poetic quality that has been admired by artists as different as Constable, Turner, and Cezanne. As the British critic William Hazlitt noted in 1844, This great and learned man might be said to see nature through the glass of time. This ...
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The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes from mythology or the Bible. Yet he also created some of the most influential landscapes in Western art, endowing them with a poetic quality that has been admired by artists as different as Constable, Turner, and Cezanne. As the British critic William Hazlitt noted in 1844, This great and learned man might be said to see nature through the glass of time. This beautiful catalogue presents the first in-depth examination of Poussin s landscapes. Featured here are more than 40 paintings, ranging from the artist s early Venetian-inspired pastorals to his grandly structured and austere works, designed as metaphors or allegories for the processes of nature. Also included are approximately 60 drawings and essays by internationally renowned scholars who examine the painter s visual, literary, and philosophical influences as well as his relationships with his patrons and his place in the art-historical canon."
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Edition:
First English Language Edition, First Printing
Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17428892478
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Book. Small quarto; xvii, 414 pages; VG/VG; spine graphic with black and white text; dust jacket protected with mylar; mild shelfwear to dust jacket; textblock clean; full color photographs throughout; shelved French Art. 1363254. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Very Good. 2008. 1ST. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. xvii & 414 pp. 242 illustrations, 232 in color. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Very Good. (Subject: Art & Graphic Design).
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. Exhibition Catalogue. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, hardcover in dust jacket. heavy book., no flaws, clean, no markings of any sort, tight binding, appears largely unused.; english text.; 432pp., 232 color illustrations, 10 in b/w. six essays by various contributors. detailed catalogue and reference material.
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New. 0300136684. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 432 pp. With 417 ills. (398 col. ). 29 x 22 cm. --with a bonus offer--
