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An Essay to Illuminate the Magical Painting of Poussin

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The Magical Painting of Poussin - The New York Review of Books Annotated
Volume 55, Number 6 · April 17, 2008
The Magical Painting of Poussin
By Andrew Butterfield
Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 12–May 11, 2008.
Catalog of the exhibition edited by Pierre Rosenberg and Keith Christiansen.
Metropolitan […]

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Tags: History · Art · New York NY · Museums · Europe

63 Garden Works of Art Online With The Met

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Garden | Subject Index | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Annotated
 

 

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Tags: Ornament · Art · Landscape Inspiration · Museums · Sculpture

At the Met–A Review of the First Ever Poussin Show to Focus on Landscapes

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions - Art - Review - New York Times Annotated

The wall labels in “Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions” at the Metropolitan Museum, one of the first major Poussin shows since the 1994 Paris Grand Palais survey and the first ever to focus on landscapes, read like mash notes, with paintings […]

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Poussin Landscapes at the Met

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions Annotated
 
Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions
February 12, 2008–May 11, 2008
 
French master Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) painted some of the most influential landscapes in Western art.
 
This will be the first exhibition to examine the landscapes of this great painter. It will bring together […]

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Tags: Art · Landscape Inspiration · New York NY · Museums · Europe

Olmsted Landscape Images at the Met

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Friedlander - Central Park - Frederick Law Olmsted - Art - New York Times Annotated
 
since Robert Smithson, the earthwork pioneer, declared that he found Olmsted more interesting than Duchamp, Olmsted’s creations — particularly his most famous, Central Park — have been revered as a kind of early conceptualism, carefully constructed visions of the […]

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Tags: Naturalistic · Landscape Inspiration · New York NY · Museums · The New York Times · Images