吹短笛的男孩

河南焦作市第十一中學 楊國珍

海詞積累

1.impressionistic style印象派風格

2.verticaladj.垂直的；直立的

3.horizontaladj.水平的；與地面平行的

TheFiferorYoungFlautistis a painting by French painterédouard Manet,made in 1866.It is currently kept in the Musée d'Orsay,Paris.Manet painted in both the realist andim pressionisticstyle,and like many innovative artists,was notwell-appreciated in his own time.Manet paintedTheFiferafter a trip in Spain that he made in 1865,where he discovered the work of Diego Velázquez.

This painting,in which Manet reflected the influence of Spanish painting by conceiving a shallow depth,whereverticalandhorizontalplanes are barely distinguishable.Dark outlining further flattens the subject,and the pose,taken from French Tarot,adds to the cartoon-like quality of the piece.This oil on canvas painting shows a single figure against astarkbackground.A young boy dressed in amilitary uniform of red pants,dark jacket with brass buttons,a white sash （腰帶）,and a dark hatwith

4.starkadj.了無修飾的；荒涼的；粗陋的

5.cockaden.帽章

6.illuminatev.照亮；照明

7.contemporaryadj.當代的；屬同時期的a redcockade,plays a fife.The figure is fullyilluminatedfrom the front with only a hint of shadow behind him,giving the painting a curious,almost photographic flatness.The fifer's gaze is intense but abstracted and eyebrows seem light,half-formed.

TheFifer,while now recognized as one of the first early modern pieces,was totally shocking to itscontemporaryaudience.In the words of HonoréDaumier,TheFifer“is so flat it resembles a playing card”.However,émile Zola,a great art critic defended it as an expression of artistic innovation and freedom by publishing a series of articles in the newspaper.The powerful effect ofTheFiferis in large part due to an inspired use of just a few strong colors.The rich black and red blocks of color in the fifer's tunic and trousers are weighted down by the areas of sharp white.

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吹短笛的男孩

《吹短笛的男孩》是法國畫家愛德華·馬奈1866年創作的作品，現今保存在巴黎奧賽博物館。馬奈在畫中兼用現實主義和印象主義的畫風，故而如很多創新派畫家一樣，在當時并不被人認可。1865年，馬奈出游西班牙，在那里見識了迭戈·委拉斯奎茲的作品，之后創作了此畫。

在這幅畫中，能明顯看出馬奈受西班牙繪畫的影響，他構想出的空間淺平無深度，垂直面和水平面模糊難辨。深色的輪廓線更加重了人物和姿勢的平面感，這種仿自法式塔羅牌的技巧使得作品的卡通風格更加濃重。這幅帆布油畫背景單調，人物單一。畫中的少年身著軍服——紅褲子、黑夾克、黃銅扣、白腰帶、黑帽子、紅帽章——在吹奏短笛。少年身前光感很足，而身后只有一點微小的影子，使其具有神奇的如照片般的平面感。吹笛手的目光熱烈卻又游移，眉毛看上去很淡，甚至形狀都不完整。

如今，《吹短笛的男孩》被看作最早的現代派畫作，但在當時卻令觀者驚訝不已。用奧諾雷·杜米埃的話說，這幅畫“是那么缺少立體感，看上去就像是撲克牌”。不過，偉大的藝術評論家埃米爾·左拉卻在報紙上刊登了多篇文章，稱它體現了藝術的創新和自由。畫作強烈的效果很大程度上是得益于對濃色的巧妙使用。吹笛手上衣和褲子上的大塊黑紅色塊在亮白色區域的襯托下顯得更加濃重。