Sublime Poussin / Louis Marin ; translated by Catherine Porter.

Author/creator Marin, Louis, 1931-
Other author Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1999.
Descriptionviii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleSublime Poussin. English
SeriesMeridian, crossing aesthetics
Meridian (Stanford, Calif.) ^A321280
Contents Reading a picture from 1639 according to a letter by Poussin -- Description of the image: concerning a landscape by Poussin -- Description of a painting and the sublime in painting: concerning a Poussin landscape and its subject -- Panofsky and Poussin in arcadia -- The classical sublime: "tempests" in some landscapes by Poussin -- Fragments of a walk through Poussin's ruins -- Awakening metamorphoses: Poussin, 1625-1635 -- A gaze rewarded, or Moses saved from the water -- Variations on an absent portrait: Poussin's self-portraits, 1649-1650 -- The sublime in the 1670s: something indefinable, a "je ne sais quoi"?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-259).
LCCN 99011562
ISBN0804734763 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804734771 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks ND553.P8 M3413 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold