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Of painting:
An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin
Born: June, 1594
Died: November 19, 1665 (aged 71)
Bio: Nicolas Poussin was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. His work is characterized by clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color.
Known for:
- Et in Arcadia ego (1639)
- Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion (1648)
- The Death of Germanicus (1628)
- A Dance to the Music of Time (1636)
- Landscape with Diogenes (1647)
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