Nicolas Poussin Friendship and the Love of Painting

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 3 I Vincenzo Giustiniani Ch. 1 The Greek Style, the Exquisite Taste, and the Prehistory of Neoclassicism 23 Ch. 2 Vincenzo Giustiniani's Galleria: A Taste for Style and an Inclination to Pleasure 64 II Cassiano Dal Pozzo Ch. 3 Poussin's Sacrament of Confirmation, the Scholarship of Roma sotterranea, and Cassiano dal Pozzo's Museo Cartaceo 109 Ch. 4 On the Experience of Light and Color: Poussin, Padre Zaccolini, Cassiano dal Pozzo, and the Legacy of Leonardo 145 III Montaigne Ch. 5 Painting and Possession: Poussin's Self-Portrait for Chantelou and the Essais of Montaigne 177 Ch. 6 Mavors armipotens: The Poetics of Self-Representation in Poussin's Mars and Venus 216 IV The Poets Ch. 7 Marino's La Strage degli Innocenti, Poussin, Rubens, and Guido Reni 253 Ch. 8 Death in Arcadia 279 Notes 313 Bibliography 347 Index 363Cropper, Elizabeth is the author of 'Nicolas Poussin Friendship and the Love of Painting' with ISBN 9780691044491 and ISBN 069104449X.