On the meeting of two styles of painting at the French Court in the 17th century : chiefly about Poussin and Rubens

Abstract

The characters typical of French paintings are remarkable in the latter of the 17th century. We must remember that the styles of two painters-Poussin and Rubens-are very important at the French Court in those days. The styles of these painters are integrated in the 18th century. There are both opposite and supplemental characters in the meeting of these two styles. The characters are as follows : the subjects are, as in Rubens, more real ; the object drawings are as classic as Poussin's, but are a little liquid and not so ideal ; the compositions have foregrounds, middle distances and distant views, which are constructed by slanting, one-sided masses ; the colours are as brilliant as Rubens'.