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poussin
/ˈpusɪn/
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What does poussin mean?
noun
- A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age.
- A Cornish game hen.
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Nothing but you, or Salvator Rosa, and Nicolo Poussin, can paint up to the expressive horror and dignity of it.
The painter agreed to give Poussin lessons, and he soon made such progress that his master had nothing more to teach him.
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In painting, we have the exaggerated foreshorteners and muscle-makers who copied Michael Angelo; the lovers of theatrical decorations who succeeded Titian and Giorgione and the degenerate boudoir-painters who followed Claucle and Poussin.