French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) spent most of his working life in Rome turning out works that fused the best features of Renaissance painting with influences of antiquity. Poussin was highly prolific and was considered by his contemporaries to be the greatest living painter, a man whose work embodied the ideal of French classical art. Poussin himself stressed logic and clarity in his work, formulating doctrines with the aim of intellectualizing art; in the latter, he succeeded in leaving an influence in art that lasted centuries.
- ISBN13 9783822853221
- Publish Date 13 December 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2017
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Taschen GmbH
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English