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1/4/2015

Two Exhibitions

Musee du Louvre, Paris

Poussin and God
curated by: Nicolas Milovanovic and Mickael Szanto

To mark the 350th anniversary of the artist's death in 1665, this exhibition at the Musée du Louvre sets out to review possible Christian readings of Poussin's painting and one of his signature features: his merging of the antique and Christian notions of the sacred.

Nicolas Poussin is the absolute embodiment of the painter-philosopher, but the Christian aspect of his painting has been too often ignored and even called into question. A rethinking of the Poussin oeuvre in religious terms seems all the more necessary today in that recent studies have provided a convincing picture not only of his immediate entourage—markedly less raffish than has been generally recognized—but most of all of the originality of his religious painting as the source of a personal meditation on God.

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Making Sacred Images: Rome–Paris, 1580–1660
curated by: Louis Frank and Philippe Malgouyres

In tandem with “Poussin and God,” this exhibition will highlight the iconophilia of papal Rome and the minor-key version of the French School, between 1580 and 1660.

The religious crisis of the 16th century brought with it a revival of the anti-image crusade of old. This iconophobia found its most unswerving expression among such radical Reformation thinkers as Andreas Carlstadt and Calvin. Beginning in the winter of 1522, it once again took the form of a virulent iconoclasm that would reach its height in France and the Netherlands during the 1560s.

At the end of the century, after a brief period of reaction, religious art underwent in Italy a recasting driven by a quest for purity and truthfulness. However, this was also the dawn of an unexpected renaissance, and the prelude to an unrivaled flowering of which this exhibition will highlight two opposite yet profoundly interconnected extremes: the triumphant iconophilia of papal Rome and the minor-key version of the French School. A contrast that raises yet again the issue of the meaning of the Christian love of images.

Image: Poussin L’Assomption Huile sur toile

Opening: Thuersday 2 April 2015

Palais royal, musée du Louvre
75001 Paris


Opening hours

Every day except Tuesday, 9 AM – 6 PM
Late night on Wednesday, Friday until 9:30 PM
Lundi, jeudi, samedi, dimanche : fermeture des salles à partir de 17h30
Admission fee

Full rate €12.00
Billet expositions du hall Napoléon : 13 euros

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