A description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the painting: Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii by Nicolas Poussin.
This paper will give a description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the painting: Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii, by Nicolas Poussin. We will analysis the historical period of the 1630’s, the period when the painting was done, and we also discuss specific details of the paintings, from who is general Furius Camillus , who is the school master, and what is happening in this gruesome scene. We will also consider the idea of neoclassicism, as well as how Nicolas Poussin bridges the gap between the baroque and the classical periods. The larger question that we will attempt to answer in this paper is: How does the story of Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii reflect the views of that period, or of the painter, on good and evil, or possible between shapeless ugliness and harmonious form?
