Presents 100 color plates and 180 comparative illustrations, with bibliography, index, and biographies of the 66 artists represented in the exhibition. Explores
"The work of the great French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665) is most often associated with classically inspired settings and figures depicting solemn scenes
Why do we keep returning to certain pictures? What is it we are looking for? How does our understanding of an image change over time? This investigates the natu