| Poussin and the Poetics of Painting: Pictorial Narrative and the Legacy of Tasso Contributor(s): Unglaub, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107626749 ISBN-13: 9781107626744 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | History - General - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Dewey: 759.4 |
| LCCN: 2015301387 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.60 lbs) 305 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Torquato Tasso's poetic discourses were the most important source for Poussin's theory of painting. The poet's ideas on artistic imitation, novelty, and plot structure and unity, which are exemplified in his epic La Gerusalemme liberata, proved to be fundamental to the artist's conception of narrative painting, culminating in the Israelites Gathering Manna. Offering new interpretations of his works, this book also investigates Poussin's larger literary culture and how this context illuminates the artist's response to contemporary poetic texts, especially in his mythological paintings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Unglaub, Jonathan: - Jonathan Unglaub is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Brandeis University, Massachusetts. A scholar of Renaissance and Baroque art, he has contributed to The Art Bulletin and The Burlington Magazine, and has received fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), the Getty Humanities Center, and the Clark Institute. |