The Music Lesson《音樂課》

愛藝/譯

The Music Lesson is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton， first exhibited in 1877.

《音樂課》是弗雷德里克·萊頓的油畫作品，首展于1877年。

The masterly entanglement of the two lovely forms as they sit side by side on the black-and-white marble bench， is marked with intense sincerity. Nothing can exceed the delicate articulation of the hands of the two figures—mother and child， or sisters. Their feet are chastely disposed and chiselled with the gentlest touch. The pose is easy and graceful. The loving way in which the elder figure places the childs hands upon the guitar as with the other hand she tunes the instrument is natural and convincing.

畫中，兩個人并排坐在黑白相間的大理石平臺上，她們被巧妙地安排在一起，顯露出濃濃的真情。這二位可能是母女或姐妹，畫家對她們手的細膩描繪無與倫比。同時，畫家以最柔和的筆觸精心刻畫了她們的腳。人物的整個姿態自如而優雅。年長的女子將小姑娘的雙手放在六弦琴上，自己用一只手為琴調音，那種親昵自然而可信。

The whole composition breathes an atmosphere of pure refinement and is the very embodiment of rhythm. The Eastern draperies are wonderfully arranged， every fold adding its light or shade in due ratio. The simple pale blue dress of the child accords absolutely with her tender carnations， whilst the white and gold-embroidered robe of the elder girl， or woman， is loose and elegant.

整幅畫呈現出一種純粹的精致，是和諧的最佳體現。東方風格的衣料處理得極好，每一處褶皺的光影明暗都比例得當。小姑娘樸素的淡藍色裙裝與其上所繡朵朵嬌嫩的康乃馨相得益彰；大女孩或成年女子白底繡金的袍服寬松雅致。