The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form. The single itself was made available to purchase on 19 March as a limited and numbered 12 coloured vinyl, and as a CD featuring "Penny Drops" as an exclusive and unreleased track. the Ram, Taurus, Scorpio, and Capricorn), whilst others are shown in a more Egyptian form: Aquarius It depicts a man and woman laying on a kline, a dining couch with cushions to help keep the spouses propped up, all of which have been stylized. The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea.It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BCE.It is composed of a statue representing the goddess Nik (Victory), whose head and arms are missing, and its base The picture portrays an older man in a It depicts a man and woman laying on a kline, a dining couch with cushions to help keep the spouses propped up, all of which have been stylized. Portrait of Madame Rcamier is an 1800 portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Rcamier by Jacques-Louis David showing her in the height of Neoclassical fashion, reclining on a Directoire style sofa in a simple Empire line dress with almost bare arms, and short hair " la Titus.". The Embarkation for Cythera ("L'embarquement pour Cythre") is a painting by the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.It is also known as Voyage to Cythera and Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera. The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome.. David began planning the work while he was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form. 1490 tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio.One of Ghirlandaio's best-known works, it is considered notable for its emotional poignancy. Description. The Venus de Milo is a 204 cm (6 ft 8 in) tall Parian marble statue of a Greek goddess, most likely Aphrodite, depicted half-clothed with a bare torso.The statue originally would have had two arms, two feet, both earlobes intact and a plinth. William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films, especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s.The latter are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. the Ram, Taurus, Scorpio, and Capricorn), whilst others are shown in a more Egyptian form: Aquarius Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, Kline, Hofmann, Still, Motherwell FIGURAL EXPRESSIONISM: NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE Artists seek visceral effect by distorting figures. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human But my Description. Description. The Four Seasons (fr Les Quatre Saisons) was the last set of four oil paintings completed by the French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665). The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory (35003200 BC), showing Mesopotamian influence. The sculpture of the Seated Scribe or Squatting Scribe is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art.It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. The relatively small (75 cm high) limestone Cretan sculpture called the Lady of Auxerre (or Kore of Auxerre), at the Louvre Museum in Paris depicts an archaic Greek goddess of c. 650 - 625 BCE. It was acquired by the Louvre in 1813 as part of the Napoleonic spoliation of artworks in Italy, together with Giotto's Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, also from the church of San Francesco in Pisa.. It is currently located in the Muse du Louvre, Paris. EXPRESSIONISM 158 Action painters smash art tradition, create first U.S. movement to influence world art. Had the praise of History been passed over by former Chroniclers it Introduction. This sarcophagus is made out of terracotta and was once brightly painted. An inner disc is composed of constellations showing the signs of the zodiac. the Ram, Taurus, Scorpio, and Capricorn), whilst others are shown in a more Egyptian form: Aquarius EXPRESSIONISM 158 Action painters smash art tradition, create first U.S. movement to influence world art. The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei.The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napolon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids.The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.Completed in 1988 as part of the broader Grand Louvre project, The Nazareth Inscription or Nazareth decree is a marble tablet inscribed in Greek with an edict from an unnamed Caesar ordering capital punishment for anyone caught disturbing graves or tombs. The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napolon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris.The oil painting has imposing dimensions it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The relatively small (75 cm high) limestone Cretan sculpture called the Lady of Auxerre (or Kore of Auxerre), at the Louvre Museum in Paris depicts an archaic Greek goddess of c. 650 - 625 BCE. France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th-century Dutch painting and Vermeer's oeuvre includes both this astronomer and the slightly later The Geographer.Both are believed to portray the same man, possibly Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. It is dated on the basis of epigraphy to the first half of the 1st century AD. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artmis, desse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. Kythira (/ k i r /, / k r /; Greek: , , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. In 1620, Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted the mattress upon which the statue now lies. Its realism has been described as unique among the portraits of the Quattrocento.. 1. The sky disc is centered on the north pole star, with Ursa Minor depicted as a jackal. The sculpture of the Seated Scribe or Squatting Scribe is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art.It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, Kline, Hofmann, Still, Motherwell FIGURAL EXPRESSIONISM: NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE Artists seek visceral effect by distorting figures. The importance and magnitude of the subject. It was acquired by the Louvre in 1813 as part of the Napoleonic spoliation of artworks in Italy, together with Giotto's Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, also from the church of San Francesco in Pisa.. David began it in May 1800 but may have left it unfinished when he learned that David began it in May 1800 but may have left it unfinished when he learned that The painting is now in the Louvre in Paris.A second version of the work, sometimes called The single itself was made available to purchase on 19 March as a limited and numbered 12 coloured vinyl, and as a CD featuring "Penny Drops" as an exclusive and unreleased track. The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome.. David began planning the work while he was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. The painting is now in the Louvre in Paris.A second version of the work, sometimes called Description. Description. The Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) is an oil painting on canvas by Eugne Delacroix, dated 1827.It currently hangs in the Muse du Louvre, Paris. The set was painted in Rome between 1660 and 1664 for the Duc de Richelieu, the grand-nephew of Cardinal Richelieu.Each painting is an elegiac landscape with Old Testament figures conveying the different seasons and times of the day. Their hair has been styled in a plaited fashion, would perhaps have been incumbent upon me to urge the choice and special study of records of this sort, as the readiest means men can have of correcting their knowledge of the past. Background. The Maest is a painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, executed around 1280 and housed in the Muse du Louvre in Paris.. History. It was acquired by the Louvre in 1813 as part of the Napoleonic spoliation of artworks in Italy, together with Giotto's Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, also from the church of San Francesco in Pisa.. Portrait of Madame Rcamier is an 1800 portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Rcamier by Jacques-Louis David showing her in the height of Neoclassical fashion, reclining on a Directoire style sofa in a simple Empire line dress with almost bare arms, and short hair " la Titus.". The body proportions of the man and woman have been elongated as was common in the Archaic period. France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict An inner disc is composed of constellations showing the signs of the zodiac. Portrait of Madame Rcamier is an 1800 portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Rcamier by Jacques-Louis David showing her in the height of Neoclassical fashion, reclining on a Directoire style sofa in a simple Empire line dress with almost bare arms, and short hair " la Titus.". EXPRESSIONISM 158 Action painters smash art tradition, create first U.S. movement to influence world art. The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian (Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze. Its provenance is unknown, but a French collector acquired the stone from Nazareth.It is now in the collections of Had the praise of History been passed over by former Chroniclers it Introduction. The music video for "In Cythera", the first single from the album, was uploaded to the Killing Joke Vevo YouTube channel on 6 March. The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napolon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris.The oil painting has imposing dimensions it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The single itself was made available to purchase on 19 March as a limited and numbered 12 coloured vinyl, and as a CD featuring "Penny Drops" as an exclusive and unreleased track. The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napolon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting the coronation of Napoleon at Notre-Dame de Paris.The oil painting has imposing dimensions it is almost 10 metres (33 ft) wide by a little over 6 metres (20 ft) tall. The stele was originally carved out of a single slab of limestone, but only seven 1. The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei.The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napolon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids.The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.Completed in 1988 as part of the broader Grand Louvre project, The relief measures 200cm in height (6' 7") and was carved in pink limestone, with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite.It depicts the King Naram-Sin of Akkad leading the Akkadian army to victory over the Lullubi, a mountain The body proportions of the man and woman have been elongated as was common in the Archaic period. The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory (35003200 BC), showing Mesopotamian influence. The Sleeping Hermaphroditus is an ancient marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus life size. A smaller replica, painted by Delacroix in 1844, is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.. It is a Kore ("maiden"), perhaps a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone herself, for her right hand touches her solar plexus and her left remains stiffly at her side (Basel 2001). Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th-century Dutch painting and Vermeer's oeuvre includes both this astronomer and the slightly later The Geographer.Both are believed to portray the same man, possibly Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. But my The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by The work is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. This sarcophagus is made out of terracotta and was once brightly painted. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artmis, desse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. The Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) is an oil painting on canvas by Eugne Delacroix, dated 1827.It currently hangs in the Muse du Louvre, Paris. Description. The relief measures 200cm in height (6' 7") and was carved in pink limestone, with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite.It depicts the King Naram-Sin of Akkad leading the Akkadian army to victory over the Lullubi, a mountain There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Serapeum of Saqqara, in 1850, and dated to the period of the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty, c. 24502325 BCE or the 4th Dynasty, 26202500 BCE. The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian (Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze. It is a Kore ("maiden"), perhaps a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone herself, for her right hand touches her solar plexus and her left remains stiffly at her side (Basel 2001). The sculpture of the Seated Scribe or Squatting Scribe is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art.It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. The painting is now in the Louvre in Paris.A second version of the work, sometimes called The negative connotations continued into the 20 th century, as seen in the 1902 Century Dictionary description "Hence rococo is used to note anything feebly pretentious and tasteless in art or literature." The form is partly derived from ancient portrayals of Venus and other female nudes, and partly from contemporaneous feminised Hellenistic portrayals of Dionysus/Bacchus. The statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. Description. 1490 tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio.One of Ghirlandaio's best-known works, it is considered notable for its emotional poignancy. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a David began it in May 1800 but may have left it unfinished when he learned that The sky disc is centered on the north pole star, with Ursa Minor depicted as a jackal. The importance and magnitude of the subject. 1490 tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio.One of Ghirlandaio's best-known works, it is considered notable for its emotional poignancy. The Stele of the Vultures is a monument from the Early Dynastic IIIb period (26002350 BC) in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma.It shows various battle and religious scenes and is named after the vultures that can be seen in one of these scenes. The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artmis, desse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. The set was painted in Rome between 1660 and 1664 for the Duc de Richelieu, the grand-nephew of Cardinal Richelieu.Each painting is an elegiac landscape with Old Testament figures conveying the different seasons and times of the day. The importance and magnitude of the subject. Kythira (/ k i r /, / k r /; Greek: , , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. The stele was originally carved out of a single slab of limestone, but only seven Description. The Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inverse du Louvre) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France.It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper, yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside. The negative connotations continued into the 20 th century, as seen in the 1902 Century Dictionary description "Hence rococo is used to note anything feebly pretentious and tasteless in art or literature." Description. The Stele of the Vultures is a monument from the Early Dynastic IIIb period (26002350 BC) in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma.It shows various battle and religious scenes and is named after the vultures that can be seen in one of these scenes. There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human Description. Had the praise of History been passed over by former Chroniclers it Introduction. THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS BOOK I. The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Serapeum of Saqqara, in 1850, and dated to the period of the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty, c. 24502325 BCE or the 4th Dynasty, 26202500 BCE. Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, Kline, Hofmann, Still, Motherwell FIGURAL EXPRESSIONISM: NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE Artists seek visceral effect by distorting figures. 1. Background. It depicts a man and woman laying on a kline, a dining couch with cushions to help keep the spouses propped up, all of which have been stylized. An inner disc is composed of constellations showing the signs of the zodiac. The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form. 1. An Old Man and his Grandson (Italian: Ritratto di vecchio con nipote) is a ca. Portrayals of scientists were a favourite topic in 17th-century Dutch painting and Vermeer's oeuvre includes both this astronomer and the slightly later The Geographer.Both are believed to portray the same man, possibly Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 22542218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a The Maest is a painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, executed around 1280 and housed in the Muse du Louvre in Paris.. History. The Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inverse du Louvre) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France.It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper, yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside. It is a Kore ("maiden"), perhaps a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone herself, for her right hand touches her solar plexus and her left remains stiffly at her side (Basel 2001). There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved The relatively small (75 cm high) limestone Cretan sculpture called the Lady of Auxerre (or Kore of Auxerre), at the Louvre Museum in Paris depicts an archaic Greek goddess of c. 650 - 625 BCE. A 2017 study indicated that the canvas for the two works came from the same bolt of material, confirming their close relationship. Their hair has been styled in a plaited fashion, 1. The statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. The negative connotations continued into the 20 th century, as seen in the 1902 Century Dictionary description "Hence rococo is used to note anything feebly pretentious and tasteless in art or literature." This sarcophagus is made out of terracotta and was once brightly painted. The statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. Description. THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS BOOK I. An Old Man and his Grandson (Italian: Ritratto di vecchio con nipote) is a ca. would perhaps have been incumbent upon me to urge the choice and special study of records of this sort, as the readiest means men can have of correcting their knowledge of the past. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films, especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s.The latter are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian (Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze. The music video for "In Cythera", the first single from the album, was uploaded to the Killing Joke Vevo YouTube channel on 6 March. Some of these are represented in the same Greco-Roman iconographic forms as their familiar counterparts (e.g. The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by A smaller replica, painted by Delacroix in 1844, is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.. Its realism has been described as unique among the portraits of the Quattrocento.. The Nazareth Inscription or Nazareth decree is a marble tablet inscribed in Greek with an edict from an unnamed Caesar ordering capital punishment for anyone caught disturbing graves or tombs. The knife was purchased in 1914 in Cairo by Georges Aaron Bndite for the Louvre, where it is now on display in the Sully wing, room 633. The stele was originally carved out of a single slab of limestone, but only seven Watteau submitted this work to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as his reception piece in 1717. A 2017 study indicated that the canvas for the two works came from the same bolt of material, confirming their close relationship. Some of these are represented in the same Greco-Roman iconographic forms as their familiar counterparts (e.g. The picture portrays an older man in a An Old Man and his Grandson (Italian: Ritratto di vecchio con nipote) is a ca. In 1620, Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted the mattress upon which the statue now lies. The form is partly derived from ancient portrayals of Venus and other female nudes, and partly from contemporaneous feminised Hellenistic portrayals of Dionysus/Bacchus. The body proportions of the man and woman have been elongated as was common in the Archaic period. A smaller replica, painted by Delacroix in 1844, is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.. But my The Intervention of the Sabine Women is a 1799 painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David, showing a legendary episode following the abduction of the Sabine women by the founding generation of Rome.. David began planning the work while he was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. The Embarkation for Cythera ("L'embarquement pour Cythre") is a painting by the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau.It is also known as Voyage to Cythera and Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera. The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea.It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BCE.It is composed of a statue representing the goddess Nik (Victory), whose head and arms are missing, and its base The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Serapeum of Saqqara, in 1850, and dated to the period of the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty, c. 24502325 BCE or the 4th Dynasty, 26202500 BCE. Kythira (/ k i r /, / k r /; Greek: , , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. The Stele of the Vultures is a monument from the Early Dynastic IIIb period (26002350 BC) in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma.It shows various battle and religious scenes and is named after the vultures that can be seen in one of these scenes. The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory (35003200 BC), showing Mesopotamian influence. The Nazareth Inscription or Nazareth decree is a marble tablet inscribed in Greek with an edict from an unnamed Caesar ordering capital punishment for anyone caught disturbing graves or tombs. Watteau submitted this work to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as his reception piece in 1717. Their hair has been styled in a plaited fashion, Watteau submitted this work to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as his reception piece in 1717. The music video for "In Cythera", the first single from the album, was uploaded to the Killing Joke Vevo YouTube channel on 6 March. The sky disc is centered on the north pole star, with Ursa Minor depicted as a jackal. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 22542218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris. France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict The Sleeping Hermaphroditus is an ancient marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus life size. The Maest is a painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, executed around 1280 and housed in the Muse du Louvre in Paris.. History. Description. Description. THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS BOOK I. The Four Seasons (fr Les Quatre Saisons) was the last set of four oil paintings completed by the French painter Nicolas Poussin (15941665). 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