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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

Of Caravaggio:

This man has come into the world to destroy painting.

Nicolas Poussin

The grand manner consists of four elements: subject or theme, concept, structure, and style. The first requirement, fundamental to all the others, is that the subject and the narrative be grandiose, such as battles, heroic actions, and religious themes.

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin

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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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