书名：Benjamin West: Allegory & Allegiance
定价：160.0
ISBN：9781879067080
作者：Derrick R. Cartwright
版次：1
出版时间：2004-01

内容提要：

书名: Benjamin West: Allegory & Allegiance/本杰明·韦斯特：寓言与忠诚

作者：Derrick R. Cartwright
出版：Timken Museum of Art，2004

语种：英语

装帧：平装，45页

尺寸：21.5*26 cm

 

本杰明·韦斯特 (1738-1820) 在美国和英国艺术史上都占据重要地位。他出生于宾夕法尼亚州的斯普林菲尔德镇(即现在的斯沃斯莫尔)，后被派往欧洲学习。1763年他在伦敦开设了工作室，1772年被任命为英国国王乔治三世的历史画师。

本书重点介绍韦斯特从英国诗人埃德蒙·斯宾塞 (Edmund Spenser) 创作的史诗《仙后》(The Faerie Queene)中获得灵感而作的绘画。德里克·卡特赖特 (Derrick Cartwright) 撰写的文章探讨了韦斯特对斯宾塞式意象的使用，他认为这首冗长、复杂的16世纪诗歌让韦斯特——一个出生于美国的画家表达出其怀有的矛盾感的忠诚，因为他作为一个生活在伦敦的侨民获得了巨大的成功。

书中插图包括韦斯特根据斯宾塞作品创作的三幅知名画作、其他绘画、习作草稿、其他艺术家根据韦斯特的画作制作的版画，以及科普利 (Copley)、雷诺兹(Reynolds)、沃茨 (Watts)、甚至20世纪美国艺术家李·伍德沃德·齐格勒 (Lee Woodward Zeigler) 的画作，他们以《仙后》为基础创作了作品。

Benjamin West (1738-1820) occupies a significant place in both American and British art histories. Born in Springfield Township (now Swarthmore), Pennsylvania, he was sent to study in Europe, opened a studio in London in 1763, and was appointed historical painter to King George III in 1772. This publication focuses on paintings by West which took their inspiration from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. Derrick Cartwright's essay explores West's use of Spensarian imagery, arguing that this long, complex, sixteenth-century poem allowed West to express his own conflicting allegiances as an American-born painter who enjoyed enormous success as an expartriate living in London. Illustrations include the three known paintings West based on Spenser, other works by West, preparatory drawings, prints produced by other artists based on West's paintings, as well as paintings by Copley, Reynolds, Watts, and even Lee Woodward Zeigler (a twentieth century American artist), all of whom produced works based on The Faerie Queene.