Nicolas Poussin and the Age of Reason This essay aims to demonstrate Nicolas Poussin’s role as one of the key figures in the foundation of the French Academy. Through an analysis of his paintings Israelites gathering Manna in the desert, Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, and The Judgment of Solomon specifically, we see the key fundamental ideas…
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Nikolaos Lytras
The Mediterranean ‘light’ on canvas versus physical reality.
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi’s Manifestation in Flight By Demetrios Voulgarellis At a first glance, in viewing Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space 1923 (Fig. 1), we perceive that it is a non-representational work of art. In that it lends itself towards a symbolic manifestation to something greater, transcending through space rather than a mere representation of an individual…
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