19世紀新古典主義著名畫家安格爾 他筆下的人物擁有岩石般清晰的輪廓，卻又如綢緞般柔和； 他使用最樸素的色彩，仍讓畫面擁有最深遠的意蘊。 他的畫如同雄偉的建築，在大地上穩穩地屹立不倒。 身處法國最動盪的時期，歷經法國大革命到二月革命，政體如跑馬燈更迭交替，藝術領域亦同，浪漫主義、現實主義、色彩主義群起並立，安格爾成為其中的清流，與之抗衡只為追求古典主義，復刻文藝復興。 「世界上只有一種藝術，那就是永恆的美與自然。純潔和自然的美不需要別出心裁，只要是美的，就足夠了。自然之美是永恆的，偉大的、美的創作是不朽的，任何與之背道而馳的人注定將以失敗告終。」──安格爾（Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres） ▎路易十三的宣誓（Louis XIII de la prestation de serment） 聖母懷抱聖子，神情安詳地坐在雲端，注視著座下跪拜的路易十三；路易十三面向舉著誓言的兩位小天使，高高舉起皇冠和權杖，將法蘭西王國託付給聖母。 畫面堆砌了大量文藝復興時期的繪畫元素，採用了傳統的學院派畫法，不再使用以前誇張、變形的表達方式，他著意刻劃聖母的形象，在其中融入了自己獨到的表現，這幅畫使安格爾重獲主流認可，被譽為「拉斐爾再世」。 ▎〈荷馬禮贊〉（Apotheosis of Homer） 勝利女神將象徵榮譽的桂冠戴在了詩人荷馬的頭上，身邊簇擁著一群非凡的天才，將荷馬視為藝術的根源，以崇敬的心情藉此作品展現對畫中人物對時代的貢獻。 此畫作為宏大的天頂畫，重現〈雅典學院〉（The School of Athens）的布局 致敬他的偶像拉斐爾，藉荷馬的形象將拉斐爾推至藝術史上更為崇高的地位。 ▎〈大宮女〉（La Grand Odalisque） 全裸的大宮女柔若無骨的斜靠在橫貫畫面的天鵝絨椅墊上，在華麗帷幕的襯托下一切是如此的典雅迷人，呈現強烈的東方情調的土耳其內宮生活，為了強調身軀的優美曲線，畫出了多餘的三節脊椎，不合乎常理卻也不突兀，形成流暢的整體美感。 拉斐爾說：「繪畫需要撇開絕對的準確性，藝術的生動就無從談起。似是而非等同於虛偽！追求準確的表現和完美的風格，不要惋惜為此付出的時間和精力。」 他擅長人體素描，卻不在意肌肉解剖知識。過分強調真實會使藝術形象庸俗化，有損於素描的純潔，誇張的表現則是為了強調「美」。 ▎〈洛哲營救安吉莉卡〉（Angelica s
This Art Book contains selected and annotated detailed color reproductions of paintings from Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 –1867) was a French Neoclassical painter.
In this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated volume Georges Vigne examines Ingres's artistic life and brings together a staggering number of drawings, studies, and compositions. Guided by careful scrut
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This book examines the critical writing and journalistic reportage on Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres, from the time of his renunciation of the Salon in 1834 until his large retrospective at the 1855 Universal Exposition, the crucial middle decades of his career. This massive body of writing demonstrates how Ingres shaped his career in the rapidly evolving art world of mid-nineteenth century Paris. Enjoying the benefits of his affiliation with the Academy, the artist also employed certain modes of presentation, most notably the single-artist exhibition and illustrated monograph, through which he distanced himself and his work from the embattled world of artistic officialdom. Pursuing both paths, he assumed the new modernist ideal of a self-generating creative genius. The fluctuation in Ingres's critical persona - between puffed-up academician and unassuming artiste-maudit - provides a new context through which the formal qualities of his work, which vacillate between academic banality an
Ingres Then, and Now is an innovative study of one of the best-known French artists of the nineteenth century, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Adrian Rifkin re-evaluates Ingres' work in the context of
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780?1867) produced a body of work that strongly appealed to his contemporaries while disconcerting them. Even today, the odd qualities of his work continue to fascinate
