ISBN：9783791357584

书名：Henry Fuseli: Drama and Theatre

作者：Eva Reifer

出版：Prestel，2018

装帧：精装，240页

语种：英文

开本：21.5×27.5cm

此书将目光投向亨利·弗赛里（Henry Fuseli)，一位敬重莎士比亚、喜爱一切与戏剧有关的东西的18世纪画家，着重讨论了文学和戏剧对其作的影响。

光与影、戏剧性和超自然，这些元素是弗赛里绘画的标志。此书展示受文学作品启发的弗赛里作品，讨论了画家对希腊悲剧、莎士比亚戏剧以及弥尔顿长诗《失乐园》的欣赏。此前，对弗赛里的批评多集中在他于黑暗浪漫主义兴起时描绘的噩梦般的景象。此书则比较全面地考察其作中的戏剧因素，兼顾狂喜与绝望两种色彩的主题。配有丰富的插图，书中的文章探讨了弗赛里绘画的文学渊源、画家创作舞台艺术的新方法，以及18世纪人对莎士比亚的热情在弗赛里作品的构思和销售中扮演的角色。阅读此书，读者将对弗赛里作品的背景、画家生活的时代和他的世界观有更深入的理解。

The renowned 18th-century painter Henry Fuseli, who revered Shakespeare and loved all things theatrical, is the subject of this lavishly illustrated book which focuses on the influence literary sources and contemporary theatre had on his work.

Shadows and light, high drama and the supernatural, these elements are hallmarks of Henry Fuseli's paintings. Accompanying a long-overdue show of Fuseli's works inspired by literary sources, this book addresses his appreciation of Greek tragedy, Shakespearian drama, and Milton's monumental verse epos Paradise Lost. While most of the criticism around Fuseli focuses on his nightmarish visions indicative of the emerging era of Dark Romanticism, this book examines the dramatic elements both in subject matter and style of his paintings, which include themes of triumph and despair rendered in sharp contrast and explosive expression. Illustrated with brilliant reproductions, the essays in this book explore Fuseli's world of literary sources as well as his new approach to the stage arts, and how the enthusiasm for Shakespeare in the 18th century played a part in the conception and marketing of Fuseli's work, thus creating a more comprehensive understanding of his background, time, and world view.