Poussin as a painter : from classicism to abstraction / Richard Verdi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verdi, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665--Criticism and interpretation.

Poussin, Nicolas.

Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

362 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

From classicism to abstraction

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2020.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781789141474

1789141478

OCLC:

1085636756