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Poussin as a painter : from classicism to abstraction

Title
Poussin as a painter : from classicism to abstraction / Richard Verdi.
Author
Verdi, Richard
Publication
  • London : Reaktion Books, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
Description
366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 x 20 cm
Summary
"Universally regarded as the father of French painting, Nicolas Poussin is arguably the greatest of all painters of that school. Yet Poussin's reputation has been founded more on the intellectual and philosophical qualities of his art than its sheer visual beauty. In Poussin as a Painter: From Classicism to Abstraction, Richard Verdi redresses the balance, describing and analyzing Poussin's outstanding gifts as a pictorial storyteller, designer and colourist - in short, on the purely aesthetic (and often abstract) aspects of his art that have inspired so many later painters, from Cezanne to Picasso. The book features more than 220 fine illustrations, the majority in colour, and encompasses all aspects of Poussin's art from the mid 1620s to his death in 1665. This ground-breaking study gives new insight into Poussin, and is essential reading for all who admire this seminal French painter."--
Alternative Title
From classicism to abstraction
Subject
  • Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and indexes.
Contents
1. The Artist's Life -- 2. An Introduction to Poussin's Art -- 3. Invention and Composition -- 4. Themes Treated Twice -- 5. Poussin's Development as a Colourist -- 6. Colour and Subject -- 7. Colour and Composition -- 8. The Theory of the Modes -- 9. Landscape to 1651 -- 10. The Late Landscapes -- 11. Poussin and his Contemporaries -- 12. Poussin and Posterity.
Call Number
JQF 21-446
ISBN
  • 9781789141474
  • 1789141478
OCLC
1085636756
Author
Verdi, Richard, author.
Title
Poussin as a painter : from classicism to abstraction / Richard Verdi.
Publisher
London : Reaktion Books, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and indexes.
Local Note
EXAMINES GIFTS AS PICTORIAL STORYTELLER, DESIGNER, AND COLORIST. INCLUDES 250+ COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.
Added Author
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
Research Call Number
JQF 21-446
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