Nicolas Poussin outlined the principles of classicism and described the essential ingredients needed to produce a painting that exemplifies balance, purity and rigor in form, lines and proportions.
Explanation:
Nicolas Poussin was the greatest name associated with classicist painting of his time, being the artist who delimited many concepts associated with this aesthetic period in art. According to Poussin's paintings, classicism should represent purity, precision, balance and rigor in the representation of lines, angles, shape and proportions. His paintings had as their main focus the representation of nature in a realistic and charming way, however, the rigor and precision of the drawings was also seen in the way he drew the human body and any other element in the real world.
The context of this sculpture is important, because it is actually based off of a goddess name Nike; hence the name. Nike of Samothrace was created to honor the goddess Nike and commemorate a sea battle.
