A landmark account of the work, thought, and life of the seventeenth-century French painter In this book, Anthony Blunt presents a rich account of the paintings, life, and development of the great seventeenth-century French classicist Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), addressing the artist's entire oeuvre alongside his theory of art. Blunt shows why Poussin holds a central place in the great French humanist line that produced Racine, Moli???re, Voltaire, the Parnassians, and Mallarm???. At the same time, he examines how ...
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A landmark account of the work, thought, and life of the seventeenth-century French painter In this book, Anthony Blunt presents a rich account of the paintings, life, and development of the great seventeenth-century French classicist Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), addressing the artist's entire oeuvre alongside his theory of art. Blunt shows why Poussin holds a central place in the great French humanist line that produced Racine, Moli???re, Voltaire, the Parnassians, and Mallarm???. At the same time, he examines how Poussin looks back to Raphael and ancient Rome, while pointing forward to Ingres, C???zanne, the Cubists, and Picasso.
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Add this copy of Nicolas Poussin to cart. $153.03, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Pallas Athene.
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This volumne was only the plates of the works discussed in the lecture. It was frustrating that the images were black and white photos, but understandable given the vintage of the book. The photos are very well done otherwise and in many ways are more helpful in viewing the composition of a painting than color photos of the work. I was able to obtain separately the volumne which had the text of the lectures, which I have not completed reading as of yet. I do think anyone buying the book of plates should also purchase the text. But the plates are still helpful on a stand alone basis for composition study.
