Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts iv
3. Preface ix
4. Contents xiii
5. List of Illustrations xv
6. I Poussin's Youth in France (i594-1624) 1
7. II The Early Roman Years (1624-1630) 54
8. III The 1630's 100
9. IV Poussin and Stoicism 157
10. V Poussin's Religious Ideas 177
11. VI Poussin's Friends and Patrons in Paris 208
12. VII Poussin's Ideas on Painting 219
13. VIII Poussin's Paintings (1643-1653) 248
14. IX Landscape 268
15. X The Figure Compositions of the Last Phase (1654-1665) 301
16. XI The Late Mythological Landscapes 313
17. XII The Last Synthesis: Tlie Four Seasons and the Apollo and Daphne 332
18. Postscript 357
19. Appendix 359
20. Bibliography 381
21. Indexes 393