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Post by 溪山 on Feb 29, 2020 22:16:37 GMT -5
Leap into spring!
10 Spring Paintings To Celebrate The End Of WinterWith spring the world is reborn. The trees drip with blossom and the leaves begin to unfurl, promising the onset of summer and the long, drowsy nights to come. For artists it has been a constant source of inspiration since the Renaissance. Here’s a look at 10 great works from artists around the globe that celebrate the season of spring and all the beauty that it brings in its wake. 1. Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, c.1482La Primavera is one of the great works of the Renaissance. It hangs now in the Uffizi in Florence and was commissioned by Lorenzo Pierfrancesco de’Medici. At its center, as in Botticelli’s most famous work, is the figure of Venus. The artist presents six women on the canvas flanked by two men, and above them flies a cherub. They stand in an orange grove, full of ripe fruits. Some critics see the woman to the front, scattering roses before her, as Primavera, the embodiment of spring. Others read the figures on the right as Zephyrus grasping at the nymph Chloris – he married her according to myth, and she was transformed to Flora, goddess of Spring. Some believe that the figure with roses may represent the metamorphosis of Chloris to Flora. Altogether it is a celebration of ripeness and fertility coming back to the world in spring.  Timeless! |
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Post by 溪山 on Mar 2, 2020 0:04:46 GMT -5
 2. Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Spring, 1622-35Many of Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s works detail the lives of Flemish peasants conducting their everyday labors. And many of his Brueghel’s labors consisted of taking sketches and drawings of his father, Brueghel the Elder, and executing them in paint. Spring is a re-working of his father’s drawing of 1565, and it shows a community coming together to prepare the soils, plant the seeds, and ready the livestock for the summer. We see men and women working on the communal gardens, men at work twining vines to a trellis, and in the distance are groups of people dancing together. With their sleeves rolled up and spades to the ground, the burly men in the foreground demand our attention and admiration in this uplifting image of collective effort. 好一幅春耕图！
村景即事 翁卷 绿遍山原白满川，子规声里雨如烟。 乡村四月闲人少，才了蚕桑又插田。 zt: 《村景即事》是宋代诗人翁卷创作的诗作，收录于《乡村四月》。该诗写了乡村四月的农村田园景象，全诗语言朴实，取材巧妙，尤为难能可贵的是诗中加入了对天真孩童形象的刻画，为忙碌的田间农作平添了几分欢快的气氛，堪为神来之笔。洋溢着热爱生活的激情 |
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Post by 溪山 on Mar 23, 2020 1:16:35 GMT -5
Lines Written in Early Spring
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And ’tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:—
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
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Post by 溪山 on Mar 25, 2020 0:54:04 GMT -5
 3. Nicolas Poussin, Spring, 1660-4Nicolas Poussin was the great master of French classicism and of the Arcadian landscape in particular. One of his last great works was The Four Seasons, executed for the Duc de Richelieu between 1660 and 1664 and now hung in the Louvre. His vision of Spring takes its cue from Milton and Virgil. We see the earthly paradise of Eden before the Fall, with Adam and Eve in their nakedness pointing to the Tree of Knowledge. The greenery that surrounds them is lush and resplendent, an image of the bountiful Roman landscape of Virgil’s Georgics. And though they look toward the forbidden fruit, we see no serpent in Poussin’s Eden. This is the springtime of the world, long before the winter of the Fall. |
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Post by 溪山 on Apr 3, 2020 1:27:24 GMT -5
普桑崇尚斯多葛主义，画风严肃理性，色彩偏暗重。
他1630年移居罗马，当时的欧洲艺术文化中心。太阳王路易十四（1638年9月5日－1715年9月1日)那时尚未出世。
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尼古拉·普桑（Nicolas Poussin，1594年6月15日－1665年11月19日）17世紀法國巴洛克時期重要畫家，但属于古典主义画派。以《阿爾卡迪的牧人》為其代表作；《摩西的发现》是其古典主义的代表作。常被簡稱做普桑。
普桑出生於法國諾曼第安德利鎮，是貴族之後；青年時曾向兩位畫家學習，分別是康坦·瓦蘭（Quentin Varin）與儒佛內（Jouvenet）。他曾到過巴黎，受拉斐尔的古典畫風影響很深，1621年曾為盧森堡宮畫壁畫，並交了幾位好友，分別是畫家腓力普·德·尚帕涅與義大利詩人馬里諾（Marino）騎士。
1630年，普桑在29歲時，移居到義大利的羅馬，並在義大利開始對文藝復興時間畫作產生強烈興趣，間接影響了他古典主義派的畫風。他的代表作《阿爾卡迪的牧人》就是此時畫出來的。1640年他曾短暫的回到巴黎，替當時的路易十三世國王畫了不少畫。
普桑在1665年死後，法國的繪畫界為推崇他研究文藝復興時間繪畫的專注，出現了有「普桑主義」之稱的派別。主張素描比顏色還要重要。
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Post by 溪山 on Apr 3, 2020 14:46:37 GMT -5
 4. Hokusai, Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry, 1834Cherry, apple, peach and plum blossom are images synonymous with the coming of spring. In Japan, blossom has a particular importance as a symbol of the transitory nature of all things, as it blooms in spring in beauty and is gone soon after. Katsushiki Hokusai was one of the greatest of all Japanese woodblock painters. His 1834 series Small Flowers included this work, showing a branch of cherry starting to bloom with the bird perched on a branch, against a background of rich, Prussian blue. The words to one side are a haiku from Setsuman that read ‘A single bird emerges, drenched by dew, from morning cherry blossom’; it focuses the mind on this single moment of stillness, a single moment plucked from the inevitable pull of time. theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/10-spring-paintings-to-celebrate-the-end-of-winter/
日本浮世繪畫家葛飾北齋的花鸟图描绘春天美丽的刹那。 樱花或饱满，或含苞待放，缀满曲折有致的树枝。 二维的五瓣花朵，由上而下，先若瀑布飘自普鲁士蓝的天空，及至画面右下角，又仿佛浮于一潭碧水。 下前方倒挂的小鸟更添动感情趣。 画面右方留白处题字漂亮。整幅画构图疏落有致。 葛飾北齋等日本画家的版画对十九世纪西方艺术产生了巨大影响。印象派，唯美主义都受其影响。 在19世纪，浮世绘是怎样影响西方现代艺术的？
“In Japan, blossom has a particular importance as a symbol of the transitory nature of all things, as it blooms in spring in beauty and is gone soon after.” 与中国文化相似，花象征生命/自然无可奈何的必然代谢。 相见欢·林花谢了春红 李煜 林花谢了春红，太匆匆， 无奈朝来寒雨晚来风。 胭脂泪，相留醉，几时重， 自是人生长恨水长东。 |
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