Nicolas Poussin: Friendship and the Love of Painting
(Manufacturer: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS - Part No: 0691050678 - SKU: 2173260)

By investigating the important cultural figures who were close to the painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Elizabeth Cropper and Charles Dempsey allow the reader to enter not only the Rome where he lived but also the Rome of antiquity, which he admired and tried to reconstruct. By looking the artist's rich background, interests, and friendships, the authors also show how Poussin introduced into his theory and practice of painting a new concept of the inherent expressiveness of form that was quit ...Read More (specification)