Nicolas Poussin
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Nicolas Poussin
By (Author) Anthony Blunt
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th August 2023
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
759.4
Physical Properties
Paperback
776
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
Description
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 (15941665), addressing the artists entire oeuvre alongside his theory of art. Blunt shows why Poussin holds a central place in the great French humanist line that produced Racine, Molire, 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, Czanne, the Cubists, and Picasso.
Reviews
"An extraordinary synthesis of Poussin the painter and Poussin the thinker. . . . A classic of modern art history."---J. M. Brown, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Author Bio
Anthony Blunt (19071983) was director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, professor of art history at London University, and Surveyor of the Queens Pictures. His many books include Art and Architecture in France, 15001700.
