Poussin - The Seven Sacraments

Features Sir Anthony Blunt who discusses the seven sacraments painted by Nicolas Poussin, analyzing the symbolic and liturgical significance of their composition. Shows that these pictures embody the quintessence of Poussin's art and that the sacraments represent, for the artist and his friends, the basic truth which run through all forms of religion, pagan or Christian.

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