Nicolas Poussin and roman Influences
Title: Nicolas Poussin and roman Influences
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 2787 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nicolas Poussin and roman Influences
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 2787 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nicolas Poussin and Roman Influences in France
The city and art of Rome had an enormous impact on the French Baroque Classical artist Nicolas Poussin and through him an effect on French art and artists in the following centuries. Poussin was greatly influenced by the classical ideals of Italian art and flourished in the art-loving city of Rome that encouraged a young artist to explore his abilities. Nicolas Poussin spent a most of his productive
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near abstract qualities (Blunt, 1967).
The influence of Rome extends throughout the world in artistic, philosophical, and political arenas. One agent of that grand influence was Nicolas Poussin who brought Baroque Classicism and other aspects of Roman art of that time to France.
Bibliography
Blunt, Anthony Nicolas Poussin: The A.W. Lectures in the Fine Arts. Bollingen Foundation, NY 1967.
Martin, John Rupert. Baroque. Harper & Row, NY 1977
Russel, John. The World of Poussin. Time Life, NY 1969