苏格拉底之死 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	苏格拉底之死
品名（英）	The Death of Socrates
入馆年号	1931年，31.45
策展部门	欧洲绘画（European Paintings）
创作者	Jacques Louis David【1748 至 1825】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1787
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	51 x 77 1/4 英寸 (129.5 x 196.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	在这幅法国大革命前几年新古典主义绘画的里程碑中，大卫以稀疏的、楣状的构图讲述了一个抵抗不公正权威的古典故事。希腊哲学家苏格拉底（公元前469-399年）被雅典法院判定为不虔诚;他没有放弃自己的信仰，而是心甘情愿地死去，在喝毒铁杉之前讨论灵魂的不朽。通过精心表达的手势和表情网络，大卫的人物演绎了苏格拉底生命的最后时刻。他正要抓住铁杉杯，这是一位不忍目睹这一行为的弟子提供的。大卫在追求考古学上精确的图像时咨询了古文物学者，包括家具和衣服的细节;然而，他把柏拉图放在床脚，故意提到苏格拉底去世时不在场的人，而是作者，他的文本斐多将这个古老的故事保存到了现代。
介绍（英）	In this landmark of Neoclassical painting from the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, David took up a classical story of resisting unjust authority in a sparse, frieze-like composition. The Greek philosopher Socrates (469–399 B.C.) was convicted of impiety by the Athenian courts; rather than renounce his beliefs, he died willingly, discoursing on the immortality of the soul before drinking poisonous hemlock. Through a network of carefully articulated gestures and expressions, David’s figures act out the last moments of Socrates’s life. He is about to grasp the cup of hemlock, offered by a disciple who cannot bear to witness the act. David consulted antiquarian scholars in his pursuit of an archeologically exacting image, including details of furniture and clothing; his inclusion of Plato at the foot of the bed, however, deliberately references not someone present at Socrates’s death but, rather, the author whose text, Phaedo, had preserved this ancient story into modern times.