Monday, 23 February 2015

TJ Clark on Poussin

Clark's book on Poussin, 'The Sight of Death' published in 2006, is a beautiful and poetic work- simply and deeply about what painters like doing best- simply looking. One of the works considered is Landscape with a Calm, of 1650/51:


and a nice interview conducted by The Brooklyn Rail can be seen here:

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