Author: Scott, Katie (and) Genevieve Warwick
Title: Commemorating Poussin: Reception and Interpretation of the Artist
Description: New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Black casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in black down a bown spine. Pages: (15), 2-240. Contains 52 black-and-white figures. "This collection of essays on Nicolas Poussin address issues of his practice and theory, the patronage, reception and interpretation of his work, and his critical fortune at the hands of scholars, artists, and the art-going public." Contents are as follows: 'Pour la gloire des arts et l'honneur de France' : commemorating Poussin 1784-1995 /; Katie Scott --; Poussin's thoughts on painting /; Thomas Puttfarken --; Nicolas Poussin : 'peintre-poète'? /; Claire Pace --; Poussin's Ecstasy of Saint Paul : Charles LeBrun's 'over-interpretation' /; Charles Dempsey --; Nicolas Poussin and the arts of history /; Genevieve Warwick --; Painting for the French : Poussin, the Fronde and the politics of difficulty /; Todd Olson --; Poussin's giants : from romanticism to surrealism /; Richard Verdi --; Anthony Blunt's Nicolas Poussin in context /; Michael Kitson. VG: Previous ownership mark on the front free end page. Small stain on front pasted end page.

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