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Poussiniste, n.|puːsæˈniːst| Also in anglicized form Poussinist |-ɪst|. [a. Fr. Poussiniste, f. the name of Nicolas Poussin (see Poussinesque a.).] An admirer or imitator of Poussin, spec. one of a group of late 17th c. French artists and critics who (in opposition to the Rubénistes) considered mastery of design, as epitomized in the work of Poussin, more important than the exuberant and expressive use of colour, as exemplified by that of Rubens. Cf. *Rubéniste n.
1938Burlington Mag. Jan. 4/1 It has been possible to show Rubénistes and Poussinistes together: to set against the loose exuberance of Rubens the ordered wildness of Poussin's Triumph of Pan. 1938Times 1 Jan. 13/6 There was still a survival of classical mannerism, based on Michelangelo and Raphael, which became active in France and gave rise to the battle between the Rubénistes and the Poussinistes. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art 906/2 In the later 17th c. Poussin's name was used in the Académie to give support to those who believed in the superior importance of design in painting (Poussinistes) in opposition to that of Rubens, who stood for the importance of colouring. 1987N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Feb. 22/4 It makes the opposition between academic and modernist style essentially different from earlier warring camps, like the Poussinists against Rubenists, or Venetian against Florentine. |