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《施洗者圣约翰》是意大利画家列奥纳多·达·芬奇的画板油画,作於1513年~1516年间,公认为达·芬奇的最后一幅画。画面显示《圣经》中施洗者圣约翰。现藏于法国巴黎卢浮宫。(zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/施洗者圣约翰_(达芬奇)
The pointing gesture of St. John toward the heavens suggests the importance of salvation through baptism that John the Baptist represents. The work is often quoted by later painters, especially those in the late Renaissance and Mannerist schools. The inclusion of a gesture similar to John's would increase the importance of a work with a religious conceit.
Many people are critical of this work, finding it a disturbing representation of a character normally portrayed as gaunt and fiery, living in a desert and surviving on a diet of locusts and honey. In Leonardo's painting St. John seems almost to be a hermaphrodite. He has a womanish arm bent across his breast, his finger raised towards heaven, and that same enigmatic smile so admired on the face of Mona Lisa, a smile which can be seen in other Leonardo paintings like that of St. Anne. His face is almost faun-like and framed by a glorious cascade of curls. The finger pointed towards heaven was to appear quite often in Leonardo's work (the Burlington House cartoon is another example) and denotes the coming of Christ. (LeonardodaVinci.net)
According to Frank Zöllner, Leonardo's use of sfumato "conveys the religious content of the picture," and that "the gentle shadows imbue the subject's skin tones with a very soft, delicate appearance, almost androgynous in its effect, which has led to this portrayal being interpreted as an expression of Leonardo's homoerotic leanings." (en.wikipedia.org/Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo)
推荐达·芬奇参考书 Leonardo da Vinci 精装本708页。作者是弗兰克·佐尔纳(Frank Zöllner)。出版社是Taschen。 |
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