日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Books

Chinese collector decodes the Renaissance with new book

By FANG AIQING | China Daily | Updated: 2018-02-23 08:16
Share
Share - WeChat
Yang Hao's new book Annabel's Short Renaissance Art History gives a practical guide to the art world. [Photo provided to China Daily]

More Chinese now travel around Europe and see Renaissance masterpieces. Yet, they do not necessarily understand them-composition, colors, light and shadow, strokes-indeed, why they stand out.

For most Chinese, school education gave them a limited knowledge about fine arts. "It's a pity that we lack an art education to understand aesthetics better," says Yang Hao, a collector of old masters and an art history lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

Based on her lecture notes for the Renaissance art history classes for CAFA freshmen's visual foundation course, her new book Annabel's Short Renaissance Art History is a practical guide to the art world.

The Renaissance marks a social and cultural revolution in Europe between the 14th to the early 17th centuries.

Thanks to the economic and technological developments, there was a flourishing of cities and a revival of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.

That trend led to and was reflected in a burst of literature and art creation.

Yang's book, which focuses on Renaissance art, gives a systematic introduction to the artistic achievements of the era.

It describes the three main styles divided by regions-the Florence School, the Venetian School and Northern Renaissance.

In her book, Yang showcases the features of each school through representative figures, not only giants as da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffaello, but also Botticelli, Tiziano, the Bruegels and some 30 others.

Besides the artists' life experiences, Yang also examines the art pieces, the techniques used and the metaphors in the images.

In the chapter on Jan van Eyck, one of the most distinguished painters from the Netherlands, and who was seen as the pioneer of the Northern Renaissance, details of his painting The Arnolfini Portrait are interpreted by the author, who says the two subjects' clothes, the Middle Eastern carpet on the floor and the imported oranges-a luxury at the time-all show immense wealth.

The characters, she says, also don't have much jewelry on, indicating that they were from a business family rather than nobility.

Two more people are reflected in the curved mirror on the wall, with one of them believed to be the painter himself. The 10 circular patterns on the wooden frame around the mirror-so small that are often neglected-are filled with 10 scenes of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Also, Yang uses historical documents and the 10 circular patterns, to unveil the characters' identity.

The painting was commissioned by the man in it in memory of his wife.

Interpretations like this provide the readers with practical methods of appreciating the artworks' appeal and connotations.

Wang Min'an, a philosopher and professor at Capital Normal University, says: "The Renaissance laid the foundation of 400 years' of European artistic tradition. The challenge to the Renaissance tradition did not arise until the later half of the 19th century, and it became the prelude to modern art. This book is a proper description to the foundation."

Yang, in her 30s, who got her master's degrees in art history from the University of St Andrews and art business from the Sotheby's Institute of Art, partly attributes her understanding of the Renaissance to her old masters collection that includes works by artists like Giovanni Bellini, the Bruegels and David Teniers the Younger.

In November, the German embassy in China held an exhibition of 11 woodcuts of Albrecht Durer, a leading figure of the German Renaissance, and they all came from Yang's private collection.

"I can feel the real textures of the old masters through touching the paintings. The elimination of mystery and worship keeps me sensible and objective," Yang says.

In her book, Yang shows her preferences.

She likes Donatello's David sculpture more than Michelangelo's. And she also devotes much enthusiasm to the chapter on Tiziano.

Defending her preferences, she says: "Since Chinese and Western viewers are seeing the Renaissance based on the same evidence, we should be brave and more confident to put forward our viewpoints.

"I see the Renaissance as neither sacred nor secular. I can find myself in the Renaissance, like a mirror image. I hope readers can also find themselves somewhere in its history," she says.

Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲国产成人av好男人在线观看 | 91久久亚洲精品一区二区 | 久久av二区 | 在线看色片 | 日韩欧美在线看 | 江苏少妇性BBB搡BBB爽爽爽 | 大逼逼影院 | 99热久久是国产免费66 | 91九色国产视频 | 加勒比久久综合 | 成年人免费网站在线观看 | 亚洲欧美视频 | 福利视频在线观看www. | 国产精品中文 | 91视频网址 | 69国产成人精品午夜福中文 | 欧美视频网站在线观看 | 天堂在线视频 | 日本三级2018亚洲视频 | 777xacom | 四虎国产成人免费观看 | 精品国产精品三级精品av网址 | 国产无圣光高清一区二区 | 大逼逼影院| av播放在线| 久草最新在线 | 色无极在线观看 | 亚洲 中文 欧美 日韩 在线 | 国产人成精品综合欧美成人 | 久久国内精品 | 国产成人精品免费久久久久 | 欧美日韩国产综合视频在线看 | 99re在线精品 | 国产午夜亚洲精品国产 | 欧美成人午夜影院 | 欧美一级欧美三级 | 在线视频 中文字幕 | 在线a视频网站 | 99精品99| 色婷婷综合久久久久中文 | 欧美一级毛片一 |