Poussin's Et in Arcadia ego (Les Bergers d’Arcadie), late 1630s.
In 1671 an argument broke out in the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris about whether drawing or color was more important in painting. On one side stood the Poussinists (Fr. Poussinistes) who were a group of French artists, named after the painter Nicolas Poussin, who believed that drawing was the most important thing.[1] On the other side were the Rubenists (Fr. Rubénistes), named after Peter Paul Rubens, who prioritized color.[2] There was a strong nationalistic flavour to the debate as Poussin was French but Rubens was Flemish, though neither was alive at the time. After over forty years the final resolution of the matter in favor of the Rubenists was signalled when Antoine Watteau's The Embarkation for Cythera was accepted as his reception piece by the French Academy in 1717.[2] By that time the French Rococo was in full swing.
^Poussinist Encyclopædia Britannica, 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ abRubenist Encyclopædia Britannica, 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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