The Seven Sacraments of Nicolas Poussin
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The Seven Sacraments of Nicolas Poussin is a play by Neil Bartlett
inspired by the Seven Sacraments
series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin
. It was commissioned in 1997 by Artangel
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Neil Bartlett (playwright)
Neil Vivian Bartlett, OBE, is an award-winning British director, performer, translator, and writer. He is one of the founding members of Gloria, a production company established in 1988 to produce his work along with that of Nicolas Bloomfield, Leah Hausman and Simon Mellor...
inspired by the Seven Sacraments
Seven Sacraments (Poussin)
The Seven Sacraments refers to two series of paintings of the seven sacraments by the French painter Nicholas Poussin.-First series:Painted between 1637 and 1640, the first series was commissioned by Cassiano del Pozzo in the second half of the 1630s and was sold to the Dukes of Rutland in 1784...
series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
. It was commissioned in 1997 by Artangel
Artangel
Artangel is a London-based arts organisation founded in 1985 by Roger Took. Directed since 1991 by James Lingwood and Michael Morris, it has commissioned and produced a string of notable site-specific works, plus several projects for TV, film, radio and the web...
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