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Poussin and Nature

Arcadian Visions

Poussin and Nature( )
Editor: Rosenberg, Pierre
Christiansen, Keith
Contribution by: Cavina, Anna Ottani
Merot, Alain
Pace, Claire
Demoris, Rene
ISBN:978-0-300-13668-5
Publication Date:Mar 2008
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $65.00
Book Description:

The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) 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 C#65533;zanne. As the British critic William Hazlitt noted in 1844, "This...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Art / Individual Artists / General
Philosophy / Aesthetics
Art / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes
Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.25 x 11 x 3.327 Inches
Book Weight:4.65 Pounds



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