Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), one of the greatest French painters, rationally synthesized the diverse tendencies of French and Italian art. His work is a salient example of lucid control by the mind over the senses. The art of Nicolas Poussin is a...

No two artists have seemed as diametrically opposed in their expression of the representational purpose of painting as Michelangelo da Caravaggio and Nicolas Poussin (Figs. 1, 2). Each conceived of painting as a reflection, but understood in radically different terms. Caravaggio's Medusa exemplifies...

An exhibit of Poussin's paintings at the Louvre is now at the Royal Academy in London, England. Poussin is known as a painter who paints from his head, and his works were much admired by other masters because of their visual appearance and control....

Exhibits of J.M.W. Turner's work in recent years have shown snapshots of the famous British landscape painter's travels, styles and illustrations of history. Now the broad range of his six-decade career comes together in the largest Turner retrospective ever presented in the United States."J.M.W. Turner"...

A research paper on French philosopher Nicolas Poussin, a brief explanation of his life and works.