两位女性的悲伤研究 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	两位女性的悲伤研究
品名（英）	Study of Two Women Grieving
入馆年号	2007年，2007.275
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	John Flaxman【1755 至 1826】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1775 - 公元 1787
创作地区	原产国: 大不列颠联合王国（Country of Origin: United Kingdom）
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 13 3/8 x 9 7/16 英寸 (34 x 24 厘米)
介绍（中）	作为一名雕塑家，弗拉克斯曼是英国新古典主义学派的领袖。这幅精致的水墨画描绘了两位身着古典长袍的年轻女子在沉思着一场大火，据信这是对陵墓纪念碑的研究。这是一件罕见的早期作品，可能制作于1780年代的头几年，它展示了这位艺术家甚至在访问罗马（1787-94）之前就将古典题材带入生活的能力。在那里，他为荷马和赫西俄德的主题绘制了轮廓图，并将其作为印刷品出版，有助于在整个欧洲传播新古典主义的味道。以单色渲染，通过在未定义的地面上以完整或部分轮廓渲染图形的方式，暗示了图形与雕塑的关系。他们克制的姿态和柔和的表情在没有传统宗教符号的情况下唤起了哀悼。虽然理想化的帷幔和解剖学显示了弗拉克斯曼对古典来源的崇拜，但他对哥特式雕塑的兴趣却被人物的韵律轮廓和弱化的比例出卖了。
介绍（英）	As a sculptor, Flaxman was a leader of the British Neoclassical school. This delicate ink-and-wash drawing of two young women in classical robes contemplating a fire is believed to be a study for a tomb monument. A rare early work, probably made in the first years of the 1780s, it demonstrates the artist's ability to bring classical subjects to life even before he visited Rome (1787-94). There, he made outline drawings of subjects from Homer and Hesiod that were published as prints and helped to spread Neoclassical taste throughout Europe. Rendered in monochrome, the drawing's relation to sculpture is suggested by the way the figures are rendered in full or partial profile against an undefined ground. Their contained poses and subdued expressions evoke mourning without the presence of conventional religious symbols. While the idealized drapery and anatomy demonstrate Flaxman's admiration for classical sources, his interest in Gothic sculpture is betrayed by the figures' rhythmic outlines and attenuated proportions.