| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon
The painting Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon was created by Caspar David Friedrich in 1824. The painting’s material is oil on canvas and stands 34 centimeters tall by 44 centimeters wide. The piece currently resides in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
''Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon'' is a German Romantic landscape painting which features two human figures among a dark forest silhouetted against a pastel sky. The work's dark toned foreground and light colored background create a sharp contrast. The sky suggests that the time is around dusk, with the waxing crescent moon close to setting. A dead, uprooted tree's dark roots and branches sharply contrast with the pastel sky in the background. The jagged branches and stark contrast seem to create a threatening environment for the figures, and are reminiscent of the imposing gothic style seen originally in the medieval era, but revived in the Romantic era. The same can be said of the dark, shadowy trees and rocks surrounding the couple in the piece. The figures themselves are even dressed in dark colors and stiff, somewhat formal garments, which also serve to signify their higher class. The piece focuses heavily on nature as the couple gaze off into the sunset, and provokes an emotional response from the viewer, as well as from the figures featured in the piece. It also emphasizes spirituality in nature and the presence of the sublime, major themes of the Romantic era. The piece is an idealization of man’s connection to nature, represented by an average couple in higher society surrounded by an unexpected landscape otherwise untouched by civilization.
In the piece, the man and woman featured are facing away from the viewer, centered vertically, and located left of center horizontally. The woman's arm is resting of the man’s shoulder, acknowledging their close relationship. Friedrich created another version of this painting titled ''Two Men Contemplating the Moon'', and, as the name suggests, it lacks the female figure. It has been said that the addition of the female figure is an homage to the artist’s relationship with his own wife.〔Web Gallery of Art, “Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon,” under “Caspar David Friedrich,” http://www.wga.hu/html_m/f/friedric/3/310fried.html.〕 They are viewing the moon together in the middle of the forest, signifying an appreciation of and emotional response to nature. The figures seem to be in awe of the natural creation and inspired by the sublime creator. The viewer is meant to identify with the figures, and participate in their contemplation of nature and the sublime.
==Romanticism==
Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement which reached its peak in the first half of the eighteenth century. It began as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the cold and scientific rationalization of nature prominent in the preceding era.〔 Encyclopædia Britannica, “Romanticism,” Britannica.com (October 31, 2014), http:/www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/508675/Romanticism.〕〔 Casey, Christopher. “‘Grecian Grandeurs and the Rude Wasting of Old Time’: Britain, the Elgin Marbles, and Post-Revolutionary Hellenism.” Foundations 3, no. 1 (October 30, 2008), http://web.archive.org/web/20090513053304/http://ww2.jhu.edu/foundations/?p=8.〕 Romanticism, in contrast, emphasizes the value of emotion, intuition, and sentiment. Friedrich captured the spirit of the age in the quote “The artist’s feeling is his law.”〔 Novotny, Fritz. Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1780–1880. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971.〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|