Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) St. Sebastian Mourned by St. Irene, c. 1630	Caravaggio, Entombment, c. 1604.
la Tour, Christ in the Carpenter Shop with Joseph, c. 1645.	la Tour, Education of the Virgin, c. 1640.
Nicholas Poussin (1593/94-1665), Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, 1628.	Poussin, Holy Family on the Steps, 1648.
Raphael, Madonna and Child and St. John the Baptist, 1506.
Raphael, School of Athens, 1510-11.
Poussin, Rape of the Sabine Women, c. 1636-37.	Rubens, Rape of the Sabine Women. probably 1635-1640
	Laocoon and his sons, Greek, Hellenistic, 1st c. B.C.
Poussin, Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion, 1638.	Rubens, Le Chateau de Steen, c. 1636.
	Perspective of Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion.

Versailles

QTVR Panorama of the Garden side of Versailles, 1669-85.

Versailles: Building begun by Louis Le Vau and continued by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Gardens designed by André Le Nôtre.

Poussin, Holy Family on the Steps, 1648.	Raphael, School of Athens, 1510-11.

Poussin is considered to be the primary exponent of Classicism in the seventeenth century. Define the principles of Classicism on the basis of this comparison.

Poussin, Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion, 1648.	Rubens, Le Chateau de Steen, c. 1636.

It has been said that the works of Poussin appeal to the mind and reason while the works of Rubens appeal to the senses and intuition. Discuss this distinction in relationship to this comparison. Define their different attitudes towards nature.