Journal |
Venezia Arti
Monographic journal issue | 29 | 2020
Research Article | Poussin and Optics: Reflections on the Lake in “a Calm”
Poussin and Optics: Reflections on the Lake in “a Calm”
- Janis Bell - Independent Scholar - email
Abstract
Poussin’s biographers emphasised the importance of his study of optics and, particularly, of his study of Zaccolini’s treatises. Through a close examination of the reflections on the surface of the lake in Landscape with a Calm, we will show how Poussin’s mastery of catoptrics (the science of mirrors) guides the viewers’ experience and provides a key to the function of the lake as the central focus of the picture.
Submitted: July 3, 2020 | Accepted: Sept. 24, 2020 | Published Dec. 11, 2020 | Language: en
Keywords Landscape • Light and shadow • Poussin • Seicento painting • Zaccolini • Optics
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dc.title |
Poussin and Optics: Reflections on the Lake in “a Calm” |
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dc.contributor.author |
Bell Janis |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2020/1/poussin-and-optics-reflections-on-the-lake-in-a-ca/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
Poussin’s biographers emphasised the importance of his study of optics and, particularly, of his study of Zaccolini’s treatises. Through a close examination of the reflections on the surface of the lake in Landscape with a Calm, we will show how Poussin’s mastery of catoptrics (the science of mirrors) guides the viewers’ experience and provides a key to the function of the lake as the central focus of the picture. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Venezia Arti |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 29 | December 2020 |
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dc.issued |
2020-12-11 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2020-09-24 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2020-07-03 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2385-2720 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/003 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Landscape |
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dc.subject |
Landscape |
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dc.subject |
Light and shadow |
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dc.subject |
Light and shadow |
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dc.subject |
Optics |
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dc.subject |
Optics |
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dc.subject |
Poussin |
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dc.subject |
Poussin |
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dc.subject |
Seicento painting |
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dc.subject |
Seicento painting |
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dc.subject |
Zaccolini |
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dc.subject |
Zaccolini |
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