`From the moment it appeared, this book takes its place as the most thoughtful, most searching and most ambitious study of Poussin ever written. That position remains essentially unchanged almost thirty years later'. MICHAEL KITSONThis important book was reissued to coincide with the quarcentenary Poussin exhibition in 1994. Antony Blunt's Poussinhas long been one of the great artists' biographies: in it he recreates the entire intellectual world of the `philosopher-painter', whose paintings still rank as some of the richest and most emotionally charged in Western art. The academic and personal context of the book is explored by Michael Kitson and Brian Sewell in essays especially written for this edition.As well as the text and 271 illustrations, this paperback edition also includes all the 265 plates of the original book. Virtually every single painting by Poussin is illustrated, many of them together with close-up details, making this an essential reference companion. No such other complete work on Poussin exists at any price.
- ISBN10 1873429649
- ISBN13 9781873429648
- Publish Date 2 February 1995 (first published 21 October 1967)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 19 February 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pallas Athene Publishers
- Imprint Pallas Athene Arts
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 704
- Language English