Nicolas Poussin: Friendship and the Love of Painting.Cropper CROPPER, contracts. One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. 2 Rawle, R. 12. , Elizabeth and Charles Dempsey, eds. Nicolas Poussin: Friendship and the Love of Painting. Pbk. reprint. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, 2000. xix + 12 color pls. + 374 pp. illus, bibl, index. n.p. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-691-05067-8. The winner of the 1998 Charles Rufus Morey Award and the 1997 Mitchell Prize is now available in paperback. Cropper and Dempsey study the background, interests, and friendships of painter Nicholas Poussin (1594-1665) and investigate important cultural figures who were close to him in order that "what we know of Poussin's social and intellectual life might be brought to bear directly on the explication ex·pli·cate tr.v. ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing, ex·pli·cates To make clear the meaning of; explain. See Synonyms at explain. [Latin explic , understanding, and appreciation of his painting." They examine the importance of theory to Poussin's practice of art, demonstrate his innovations in depicting the passions and affections, and include a chapter on his deployment of "a truly neoclassicist ne·o·clas·si·cism also Ne·o·clas·si·cism n. A revival of classical aesthetics and forms, especially: a. A revival in literature in the late 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by a regard for the classical ideals of reason, form, aesthetic. |
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