TEXT5Stuffofdreams梦想的精粹Feb16th2006|CORKANDLONDONFromTheEconomistprintedition(译者注:本文是关于画展的评论
)Twoexhibitionsshowhowapairof18th-centurypainters,JamesBarryandHenryFuseli,inspiredthemodernvisual★romancewith[1]thegothic两个画展展示的是,两位18世纪画家——詹姆斯•巴里和亨利•富塞利——如何唤起了现代人从视觉上对哥特式艺术的憧憬
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NotDamienHirstandhisfriends,buttheoriginal★enfantsterribles[3]—★HenryFuseli[4](1741-1825)andJamesBarry(1741-1806)—whoaimed,aboveall,todepictextremesofpassionandterrorinwhattheycalledthenewartoftheSublime
今春,英国艺术界的坏孩子再次粉墨登场了
我们说的不是达米恩•赫斯特和他的朋友们,而是亨利•富塞利(1741-1825)和詹姆斯•巴里(1741-1806),这两位“莽撞少年”的始作俑者,他们的首要目标就是要用所谓的“新派高尚艺术”去描绘极度激情与恐怖
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