FILE: 05_St. John on Patmos_Poussin.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - St. John on Patmos - BAROQUE PERIOD IN FRANCE

DESCRIPTION: by POUSSIN. Established Classicism as THE standard in the 17th century. Influenced by Titian and Raphael. Poussin slammed the Dutch, saying "choose great subjects..." unlike the Dutch who didn't paint grand religious subjects etc. St. John is 1 of 4 gospel writers. Classical landscape = references to classical architecture in background