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Poussin and nature arcadian visions edited by Pierre Rosenberg and Keith Christiansen ; essays by Keith Christiansen, Anna Ottani Cavina, Alain Mérot, Claire Pace, René Démoris, and Willibald Sauerländer ; catalogue by Pierre Rosenberg
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenberg, Pierre, author, editor of compilation.
- Series:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art publications
- Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665--Exhibitions.
- Poussin, Nicolas.
- Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
- Landscape painting, French--17th century--Exhibitions.
- Landscape painting, French.
- Nature (Aesthetics)--Exhibitions.
- Nature (Aesthetics).
- Nature in art--Exhibitions.
- Nature in art.
- Landscapes in art--Exhibitions.
- Landscapes in art.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs
- Art criticism
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages) illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2008]
- Language Note:
- Some essays translated from French and Italian
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- "The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes from mythology or the Bible. Yet he also created some of the most influential landscapes in Western art, endowing them with a poetic quality that has been admired by artists as different as Constable, Turner, and Cezanne. As the British critic William Hazlitt noted in 1844, 'This great and learned man might be said to see nature through the glass of time'. This beautiful catalogue presents the first in-depth examination of Poussin's landscapes. Featured here are more than 40 paintings, ranging from the artist's early Venetian-inspired pastorals to his grandly structured and austere works, designed as metaphors or allegories for the processes of nature. Also included are approximately 60 drawings and essays by internationally renowned scholars who examine the painter's visual, literary, and philosophical influences as well as his relationships with his patrons and his place in the art-historical canon."--Publisher description
- Contents:
- Introduction : Encountering Poussin Pierre Rosenberg The critical fortunes of Poussin's landscapes Keith Christiansen Poussin and the Roman campagna : in search of the absolute Anna Ottani Cavina The conquest of space : Poussin's early attempts at landscape Alain Mérot "Peace and tranquility of mind" : the theme of retreat and Poussin's landscapes Claire Pace From The storm to The flood René Démoris "Nature through the glass of time" : a reflection on the meaning of Poussin's landscapes Willibald Sauerländer A brief biography of Nicolas Poussin Keith Christiansen Catalogue Pierre Rosenberg. Poussin's early years in Rome ; Landscapes in a noble and heroic style ; The poetic landscapes ; Poussin's landscape drawings ; The "G group" drawings
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 12-May 11, 2008. It was previously held at the Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, October 8, 2007 to January 13, 2008
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and indexes
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Rosenberg, Pierre. Poussin and nature
- OCLC:
- 607633929
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