Nicolas Poussin

In this paper, I will be going over the career of Nicolas Poussin and how his style has progressed throughout his life. As well as describing the process that he went about during his lifetime. Nicolas Poussin is on of the founders of the french tradition during the time of the French Royal Academy where he believed that the process of linear perspective is what we see or think is correct to the eye. These compositions will be broken down into structures, forms and figures to create the beautiful picture plan that he had created. As well as describing how some of his series and paintings are composed to create his heavily inspiring images of his mythological events. Nicolas Poussin was born in 1594 in Les Andelys, Normandy. He was a French painter and draftsman whose idea online lead him to be the founder of the French Classical tradition. Most of poussin working life was in Rome where he specialized history paintings. Theses scenes often were biblical, mythology, and sometimes the sense of ancient history. Poussin was really good at giving narrative clarity and was often able to show dramatic forces through subject
As well as studying classical artist of his own day. In 1627 he painted The Death of Germanicus this painting showed a heroic deathbed scene. It was one of the first paintings of a heroic leaders death this lead to countless other artist painting similar scenes. That same year Poussin became in contact with Casino dal Pozzo who was a collector at the time. And a year later Pozzo helped him secure the commission for The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus and the altarpiece for St. Peter’s. This altarpiece didn't meet the criteria this lead to the end of his public painting career in Rome. Poussin devoted much of his art of the late 1620’s too romantic mythological stories where he took inspiration from Titian and other contemporary