Poussin and nature : arcadian visions /
edited by Pierre Rosenberg and Keith Christiansen ; catalogue by Pierre Rosenberg ;[with] essays by Keith Christiansen ... [et al.].
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2008.
- xvii, 414 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes from mythology or the Bible. Yet he also created some of the most influential landscapes in Western art. This is an in-depth examination of his landscapes.