Poussin and the Poetics of Painting: Pictorial Narrative and the Legacy of Tasso

by Jonathan Unglaub

Book Overview

Torquato Tasso's poetic discourses were the most important source for Poussin's theory of painting. The poet's ideas on artistic imitation, novelty, and plot structure and unity, which are exemplified... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521833671
• ISBN13: 9780521833677
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.1"