Poussinesqueadj.

Brit.

/ˌpuːsaˈnɛsk/, U.S.

/puˌsæˈnɛsk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Poussinesque.

Etymology: < French Poussinesque (1818) < the name of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), French landscape painter + -esque -esque suffix.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Poussin; after the manner of Poussin's work, esp. in displaying formal classical values, strong draughtsmanship, or the balanced arrangement of forms.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist

Hogarthian1744

Rembrandtesque1824

Rembrandtish1827

Watteauish1833

Rembrandtic1836

Turneresque1846

Poussinesque1847

Turnerian1857

Greuze-like1860

Rubensian1877

Rembrandtian1881

Romney1883

Tiepolesque1895

Watteauesque1925

Goyaesque1934

Van Dyckian1942

Vanbrughian1947

Stubbsian1960

1847 Q. Rev. Sept. 465 High above, on peaks and pinnacles, are bandit-looking hamlets, which nestle and crouch about feudal castles, whose frowning Poussinesque masses contrast with the light and colour around.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 295 His Poussinesque picture of the ‘Deluge’.

1934 Burlington Mag. Dec. 297/2 We hear nothing of Pierre Lamaire..whose variant of the Poussinesque landscape formula is yet quite a notable and personal one.

1964 Listener 9 Jan. 57/1 The combination of rectilinear and diagonal movements in plane and inferred space..attains a complexity and variety of such a high order that we recognize it as ‘Poussinesque’.

1987 French Rev. 60 580 David won public praise and the Academy's censure because he refused to follow the official conventions: the Poussinesque enchaînement of interactive figures, graduated linkage, and pyramidal construction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poussinesque
释义	Poussinesqueadj. Brit. /ˌpuːsaˈnɛsk/, U.S. /puˌsæˈnɛsk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Poussinesque. Etymology: < French Poussinesque (1818) < the name of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), French landscape painter + -esque -esque suffix. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Poussin; after the manner of Poussin's work, esp. in displaying formal classical values, strong draughtsmanship, or the balanced arrangement of forms. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist Hogarthian1744 Rembrandtesque1824 Rembrandtish1827 Watteauish1833 Rembrandtic1836 Turneresque1846 Poussinesque1847 Turnerian1857 Greuze-like1860 Rubensian1877 Rembrandtian1881 Romney1883 Tiepolesque1895 Watteauesque1925 Goyaesque1934 Van Dyckian1942 Vanbrughian1947 Stubbsian1960 1847 Q. Rev. Sept. 465 High above, on peaks and pinnacles, are bandit-looking hamlets, which nestle and crouch about feudal castles, whose frowning Poussinesque masses contrast with the light and colour around. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 295 His Poussinesque picture of the ‘Deluge’. 1934 Burlington Mag. Dec. 297/2 We hear nothing of Pierre Lamaire..whose variant of the Poussinesque landscape formula is yet quite a notable and personal one. 1964 Listener 9 Jan. 57/1 The combination of rectilinear and diagonal movements in plane and inferred space..attains a complexity and variety of such a high order that we recognize it as ‘Poussinesque’. 1987 French Rev. 60 580 David won public praise and the Academy's censure because he refused to follow the official conventions: the Poussinesque enchaînement of interactive figures, graduated linkage, and pyramidal construction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847
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