Style

Nicolas Poussin was very unhappy with the Baroque style. He felt it was excessive. He preferred a Mannerist style. However, as his career developed it became more Baroque in style.


Landscape with St John on Patmosis to the right at the top. Watch this video.

What does the eagle in the Landscape with St John on Patmosis symbolize? Where is St John seated? What influenced the figures pose? This painting is the invention of what type of landscape? What is St John writing in the painting? What is the Book of Revelation about? How is time displayed in the landscape? What does the road do in the painting? What cultures are displayed in the painting? What displays these cultures?