英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate(7)

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英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate

Ophelia 奥菲利娅

Painting Date: 1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 40 x 24 in
Location: Private Collection

又是一幅奥菲利娅,因此关于奥菲利娅的故事我就不讲了。
本图对奥菲利娅的处理似乎有所不同,并不像其他作品中把奥菲利娅描写成清纯的忧郁的软柔无力的形象,本图中的奥菲利亚有一种绝望的力量。

 

英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate

The Sorceress 女巫
Painting Date: 1911
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 74 x 109 cm
Location: Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, England


画布背后写着《浮士德》中的句子:

'These metaphysics of magicians
And necromantic books are heavenly:
Lines, circles, letters and characters:
Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires.
O, what a world of profit and delight,
Of power, of honour, of omnipotence
Is promised to the studious artisan!
All things that move between the quiet poles
Shall be at my command: emperors and kings
Are but obeyed in their several provinces
Nor can they raise the wind nor rend the clouds;
But his dominion that exceeds in this
Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man.
A sound magician is a mighty god:
Here, Faustus, try thy brains to gain a deity.'

 

英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate

I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott “我讨厌影子”
Painting Date: 1916
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 39.5 x 29 in
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

 

英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate

The Enchanted Garden 被施法的花园
Painting Date: 1916
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 112 x 161 cm
Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, England

这是沃特豪斯晚期的作品之一,并未完成。
“他为自己创造了在冬天显得如此温暖的避难所,但有意无意间显示出更深层的意义。花园门口站着严肃的卫兵,落雪积在左方建筑物的墙面上,文艺复兴式的拱门让人想起意大利(沃特豪斯在那里出生)。玫瑰花开放了,一个女子弯着腰闻花香。罂粟花象征着无声无息的湮没。玫瑰和雪分别象征着欲望和节制………
引自Anthony Hobson, J W Waterhouse, Phaidon 1989, p 117

 

英国新古典主义画家约翰•威廉姆•沃特豪斯(John William Wate

Fair Rosamund 罗莎蒙德
Painting Date: 1917
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 96.6 x 72 cm
Location: Private Collection

罗莎蒙德是亨利二世的情妇,关于她的传奇故事有很多。不过似乎没有被引进到中国来………
画中罗莎蒙德焦急的向窗外看等待她的情夫,从布帘后窥看的仆人增加了本图的戏剧性。

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