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Nicolas Poussin. Le poete de la rigueur (1594-1665) (PocheCouleur N° 5) (French Edition)
Nicolas Poussin Le poete de la rigueur - 1594-1665 - PocheCouleur N° 5 - French Edition Author:Jean-Jacques Leveque The name of Poussin is revered by increasing numbers of young artists who make reference to him. His artistic message is received as a lesson in truth. This is particularly relevant at a time when the limits, function and techniques of art are questioned and contested as never before. — In this volume Jean-Jacques Leveque brings for a new approac... more »h to his work, less incumbent upon pure aesthetics than upon a sense of History. He shows Poussin as a product of his time; how, far from Paris where the monarchy was consolidating its strength, he elaborated an art of reflection upon which the 17th century would seek to expand.
Poussin, akin to Descartes, Corneille, Richelieu, promotes an art in which the essence of French painting is condensed.« less