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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Foreground to Background

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the composition of landscape paintings with an emphasis on foreground, middle ground, and background. They view and analyze a painting by Poussin, and create an original imagined landscape.
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Handout
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
Thematic essay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the French painter Nicolas Poussin, with historical and biographical information and samples of his work.
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Website
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a biography of Nicolas Poussin along with links to some of his works and other related information.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia gives you links to galleries and museums on the internet that have the work of Nicolas Poussin.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Examples of Landscapes by Artists Born Before 1700

For Students 9th - 10th
This website has great examples of landscapes done by artists born before 1700 by artists of a variety of nationalities and art movements. Includes art ranging in date from as early as the 3rd millenium B.C. to 1701. Each image has a...
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Catholic Encyclopedia site gives you a rather extensive biography on Nicolas Poussin. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around...
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Handout
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Nicolas Poussin.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of Nicolas Poussin, French painter of the Baroque style.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Nicolas Poussin: Self Portrait at the Age of 55

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia gives you links to galleries and museums on the internet that have the work of Nicolas Poussin.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Death of the Virgin

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Death of the Virgin", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1623 (Oil on canvas, 202 x 137 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Camilla

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Death of Camilla", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1623 (Pencil, pen, brown ink and grey wash on paper, 184 x 324 mm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Polyphemus Discovers Acis and Galatea

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Polyphemus Discovers Acis and Galatea", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1623 (Pencil, pen, brown ink and wash on paper, 182 x 323 mm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Chione

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Death of Chione", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1623 (Pencil, pen, brown ink and wash on paper, 184 x 313 mm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Apollo and Daphne

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Apollo and Daphne", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1625 (Oil on canvas, 97 x 131 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Bacchanal of Putti I

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Bacchanal of Putti I", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 56 x 76 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Venus Weeping Over Adonis

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Venus Weeping over Adonis", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 57 x 128 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Bacchanal of Putti Ii

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Bacchanal of Putti II", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 74 x 84 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Germanicus

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Death of Germanicus", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1627 (Oil on canvas, 148 x 198 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Martyrdom of St Erasmus

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Martyrdom of St Erasmus", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1628 (Oil on canvas, 320 x 186 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Plague at Ashdod

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Plague at Ashdod", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1630 (Oil on canvas, 148 x 198 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Empire of Flora

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Empire of Flora", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1631 (Oil on canvas, 131 x 182 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Adoration of the Magi

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Adoration of the Magi", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1633 (Oil on canvas, 160 x 182 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Triumph of Neptune

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Triumph of Neptune", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1634 (Oil on canvas, 114,5 x 146,6 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Rescue of Young King Pyrrhus

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Rescue of Young King Pyrrhus", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1634 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 160 cm).