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Poussin: Master of Composition

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  • most famous French painter of the seventeenth century
  • Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
  • painted Louvre ceiling fresco
  • work exerted large influence on the course of French art for the next 2 centuries
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Claude: Nature as Ideal

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  • Claude Lorrain (1600-82)
  • best known painter after Poussin
  • inspired by nature
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Versailles: Palace of Pomp

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  • pinnacle of Baroque was the chateau of Versailles
  • tribute to King Louis XIV (1638-1715)
  • designed to impress visitors with the splendor of both France and his royal self

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