Poussin, Nicolas 1594?-1665

Poussin, paintings : a catalogue raisonné by Christopher Wright ( Book )
21 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in English and held by 759 libraries worldwide

Poussin, the early years in Rome : the origins of French classicism by Konrad Oberhuber ( Book )
11 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 683 libraries worldwide

Nicolas Poussin by Alain Mérot ( Book )
10 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 610 libraries worldwide

Nicolas Poussin : dialectics of painting by Oskar Bätschmann ( Book )
6 editions published between 1990 and 1994 in English and held by 509 libraries worldwide

Poussin's paintings : a study in art-historical methodology by David Carrier ( Book )
5 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in English and held by 440 libraries worldwide
Employing the methodologies of the new art history as well as some tools provided by poststructuralism historiography, and analytic philosophy, Poussin's Paintings offers a novel approach to the art of Poussin. David Carrier begins with a comprehensive analysis of Poussin's self-portraits, which provides the starting point for a critical discussion of the traditional strategies of Poussin scholarship and for an evaluation of the status of this artist. Carrier shows that Poussin can be properly understood only by seeing how his visual and political culture differs from others. Carrier examines the traditional approaches of Poussin scholars, noting the limitations of their views and showing how they not only shape our image of the artist but also restrict our ability to properly grasp his concerns. Carrier also considers the important conceptual claims of connoisseurs and reveals how their work invokes an implicit theory of Poussin's development. Carrier then focuses on a group of paintings concerned with erotic themes, demonstrating the inadequacy of traditional accounts of these pictures. He extends his analysis to a discussion of Poussin's landscapes, which have a different and more important place in his development than the older accounts claim. Carrier places Poussin within the artistic and political culture of seventeenth-century Rome. He asserts that artists of the time were concerned with the problem of belatedness and that Poussin attempted to return to the tradition of the High Renaissance, reworking images from that tradition in response to his own visual culture. Carrier argues that Poussin's art is thus best understood as a response to the setting for baroque art, and he relates Poussin's work to the later tradition of French history painting.

Poussin : works on paper : drawings from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Martin Clayton ( Book )
7 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 415 libraries worldwide
This book is a catalogue of the drawings by Poussin and his circle in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle - one of the world's most important holdings of drawings by Poussin, with a provenance that goes back to the collections of the artist's friends and patrons. It accompanies a traveling exhibition of sixty-five Poussin drawings that will be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, as part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Poussin's birth.

Sublime Poussin by Louis Marin ( Book )
6 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in English and French and held by 348 libraries worldwide

Nicolas Poussin, The rape of the Sabines : (the Louvre version) by Avigdor Arikha ( Book )
2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 304 libraries worldwide

Poussin and the poetics of painting : pictorial narrative and the Legacy of Tasso by Jonathan Unglaub ( Book )
14 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 260 libraries worldwide
"Poussin and the Poetics of Painting examines how Poussin cultivated a poetics of painting from the literary culture of his own time, and especially through his response to the work of Torquato Tasso. Tasso's poetic discourses were the most important source for Poussin's theory of painting. The poet's ideas on artistic imitation, novelty, and plot structure and unity, which are exemplified in his epic La Gerusalemme liberata, proved to be fundamental to the artist's conception of narrative painting, culminating in the Israelites Gathering Manna. In the paintings after the Gerusalemme, Poussin does not merely illustrate Tasso's verse, but cultivates pictorial means to refashion the poet's metaphors of desire. The interplay of poetic and painterly imagery also animates Poussin's Ovidian masterpieces, the Echo and Narcissus and the Realm of Flora. Offering new interpretations of these works, this book also investigates Poussin's larger literary culture and how this context illuminates the artist's response to contemporary poetic texts, especially in his mythological paintings."--BOOK JACKET.

Poussin by Nicolas Poussin ( Book )
48 editions published between 1945 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 255 libraries worldwide
Understand the creative genius of 50 famous painters through striking reproductions of their work - all annotated and explained in detail. The stylistic trademarks, favored subjects, and techniques of each artist are highlighted in their paintings, while the authoritative text provides fascinating biographical and historical details.