Since the onset of the poussiniste-rubeniste debate, many artists worked between the two styles.
The Poussinists (followers of Nicolas Poussin) supported the Platonic concept of the existence in the mind of ideal objects that could be reconstructed in concrete form by a reasoned selection of beautiful parts from nature.
The Poussinistes were led by Charles Lebrun (French, 1619-1790), although Lebrun's work shows him emulating Rubens's style along with Poussin's. Rubens, Poussin, the Rubenistes, and the Poussinistes were all active during the Baroque period of art.
Poussinist
adherent of the French late 17th-century theory of poussinism: the supremacy of line (draftsmanship) over colour.
Prehistoric art
art of the Stone Age, which may be divided into Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods.
 See also: Movement, Sculpture, Roman, Classic, Painting
  
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