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From Foreground to Background
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.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Nicolas Poussin
Thematic essay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the French painter Nicolas Poussin, with historical and biographical information and samples of his work.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Nicolas Poussin
Provides a biography of Nicolas Poussin along with links to some of his works and other related information.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Nicolas Poussin
Artcyclopedia gives you links to galleries and museums on the internet that have the work of Nicolas Poussin.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Examples of Landscapes by Artists Born Before 1700
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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Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicolas Poussin
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...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Nicolas Poussin
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Nicolas Poussin.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Nicolas Poussin
Biographical account highlights the life and career of Nicolas Poussin, French painter of the Baroque style.
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Nicolas Poussin: Self Portrait at the Age of 55
Artcyclopedia gives you links to galleries and museums on the internet that have the work of Nicolas Poussin.
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Web Gallery of Art: Death of the Virgin
An image of "Death of the Virgin", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1623 (Oil on canvas, 202 x 137 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Camilla
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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Web Gallery of Art: Polyphemus Discovers Acis and Galatea
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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Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Chione
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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Web Gallery of Art: Apollo and Daphne
An image of "Apollo and Daphne", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1625 (Oil on canvas, 97 x 131 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Bacchanal of Putti I
An image of "Bacchanal of Putti I", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 56 x 76 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Venus Weeping Over Adonis
An image of "Venus Weeping over Adonis", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 57 x 128 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Bacchanal of Putti Ii
An image of "Bacchanal of Putti II", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1626 (Oil on canvas, 74 x 84 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Germanicus
An image of "The Death of Germanicus", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1627 (Oil on canvas, 148 x 198 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Martyrdom of St Erasmus
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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Web Gallery of Art: The Plague at Ashdod
An image of "The Plague at Ashdod", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1630 (Oil on canvas, 148 x 198 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Empire of Flora
An image of "The Empire of Flora", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1631 (Oil on canvas, 131 x 182 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Adoration of the Magi
An image of "Adoration of the Magi", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1633 (Oil on canvas, 160 x 182 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Triumph of Neptune
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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Web Gallery of Art: Rescue of Young King Pyrrhus
An image of "Rescue of Young King Pyrrhus", created by Nicolas Poussin in 1634 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 160 cm).