Article: Poussin and the Poetics of Painting: Pictorial Narrative and the Legacy of Tasso.(Nicolas Poussin: Die Pest von Asdod)(Book review)

Article: Torquato Tasso, a Poet Both Obscure and Ubiquitous
The Washington Post;  January 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... great Italian poet Torquato Tasso, once considered almost a peer ... who romped across the pages of Tasso's 1575 masterpiece, the epic ... still, in paintings by Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ... century, composers have turned to Tasso's intertwined tales of romance ...

Article: Nicolas Poussin
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ... ... daughter Anne Marie in 1630. Poussin decided to abandon the field ... amateur of the antique, led Poussin into a milieu of modest but ... upon the dramatic themes of Tasso ( Rinaldo and Armida ) and ... Titian, which had characterized Poussin's previous period, gave ...

Dictionary definition: Poussin, Nicolas
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists;      700+ words ... ... passion for antiquity, and Poussin absorbed a great deal from ... rich colouring. In about 1629 Poussin became seriously ill ( Passeri ... literary subjects from Ovid and Tasso, treated with a lyrical warmth ... x2019; By the later 1630s Poussin had a high reputation in France ...

Article: The hidden conflict in Poussin's landscapes Painter's ...
International Herald Tribune;  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 The hidden conflict in Poussin's landscapes Painter's ... more clearly so than Nicolas Poussin's landscapes. Considered ... nephew of Pope Urban VIII. Poussin met Cassiano del Pozzo, a ... taken from "Metamorphoses," Tasso's Italian poems, Roman history ...

Article: Poussin peintre. (retrospective of Nicolas Poussin, ...
Art in America;  May 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... 17th-century French painter Nicolas Poussin. One hundred and ten paintings as well ... an incomparable opportunity to assess Poussin's career firsthand.(1) Most, but ... view until April 9.(2) The last major Poussin exhibition took place in 1960, inaugurating ...

Article: Poussin, Nicolas (1594Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World;      700+ words ...POUSSIN, NICOLAS (1594 – 1665) POUSSIN, NICOLAS (1594 – 1665), French painter. Poussin is one of the artists most beloved by art historians because his slow but steadily developing talent, combined with his passion for ...

Article: Poussin's erotica: many scholars have been embarrassed by ...
Apollo;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...By the time Poussin had received a commission to paint six ... but an intimate friendship that provided Poussin with an intellectual foundation that could ... apparently passed his time watching Poussin produce drawings after themes from his ...