Saturday, July 11, 2015

人间众神







荷兰尽出大画家了。梵高,伦勃朗,维米什…可有个画家大概没人听说过:Joachim Wtewael。

他比伦勃朗还要早,是16世纪的人。他喜欢画神,从圣经到希腊神话,还有罗马的各种男神女神。

不过,他笔下的神,全然不高大上,而是肉欲,荒唐,喜欢party,洗澡,喝得醉醒醒的…

Wtewael depicts Mars and Venus "having at it," and this was not so good because Venus was married."

Large canvases show gods getting married, taking baths, waging wars. Wtewael also did Christian scenes — adoration of the baby Jesus, the martyrdom of St. Sebastian. They're all gorgeously painted works, just teeming with life.

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