Poussin and the Poetics of Painting
Subtitle: Pictorial Narrative and the Legacy of Tasso
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780521833677
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Painting & paintings; History - General; Art and literature; Art; Art & Art Instruction; General; Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics); Individual Artist; European; Art / General; 17th century; Narrative painting, French
First sentence: Rarely did I enter into his studio that I did not notice a few new books on the side table, others piled high upon the stools, and on the floor, his beloved Tasso - all worn out and poorly bound from daily use.