Baroque France Nicolas Poussin Most important French painter of the 17th century Spent most of his career in Rome Revered art from antiquity and the Renaissance especially Raphael Believed art should educate not entertain Poussin Holy Family on the Steps Cleveland Museum of Art Poussin Landscape with the Burial of Phocion 1648 the trees frame the composition Poussin Et in Arcadia Ego 1655 I too am in Arcadia represents death cenotaph Poussin Landscape with St Matthew and Angel 1639 40 Poussin Landscape with St John on Patmos 1640 Very serious subject matters Repoussoir compositional device to keep the viewer focused in the painting Louis XIV King of France 1648 1715 Le Roi Soleil The Sun King The most powerful monarch in Europe Oversaw every aspect of government function including the government run school of art the French Royal Academy L Etat c eset moi Je Adore Poussin French Royal Academy Charles Le Brun Director of the French Royal Academy Claude Perrault Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun East fa ade of Louvre 1667 70 Paris Palace of Versailles 1669 1680s Jules Hardouin Mansart Louis Le Vau Charles Le Brun Andre Le Notre landscape architect first major landscape architect Cost the equivalent of 2 2 trillion U S dollars today Paris becomes the center of the art world Interior spared no expense King Louis XIV s Bedchamber most important room in the palace Placed on the East West axis sun rises sets Hall of Peace Hall of War linked to the Hall of Mirrors Jules Hardouin Mansart and Charles Le Brun Galerie des Glaces Versailles 1680 Louis XIV dies in 1715 Aristocracy is no longer under the thumb of the dictatorial leadership When Louis XIV dies the French Aristocracy breathes a sigh of relief and abandons Versailles to go back to Paris
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