如果對印象派話有興趣的話,位於Somerset House的Courtauld Gallery是很值得到訪的。
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本來Somerset House就是一幢非常漂亮宏偉的傳統建築,其中在裏面一個小小的Courtauld Gallery就有Renoir 及Monet以及其他印象派大師的名作珍品,雖然畫廊面積不大可以說一個鐘頭一定看完但由於包含天花板的設計在內值得欣賞的東西很多,所以雖然是要付費8英鎊入場還是建議各位慷慨解囊的。
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走上最受歡迎的印象派名畫畫室,佈置和畫作很相襯。
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Two Dancers on Stage
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La Loge
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Dimensions: 96 cm x 1.3 m
Location: Courtauld Gallery (since 1934)
Created: 1882
Genres: History painting, Genre art
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離開了主要的目標:以上三幅名作後,繼續欣賞其他畫家作品。
莫奈的畫在Gallery也很多見,離開了天花最美的畫室依然發現莫奈,他的畫作旁邊是Georges Seurat。
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Georges Seurat此作品以點描創作,平常遠看或者透過電腦書本會看到完美的畫面,近看遠看交替才能發現兩者的不同。
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由於我是外行人所以覺得神奇:近看的時候明明只看到很多不同顏色的點點,完全不能想像畫家創作的時候如何能夠用畫筆點著點著就能繪畫出風景?
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跟隨美術館的指引,從18世紀慢慢走向近代。
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能夠用超近距離看到「質感」是在電腦和書本學習不到的。
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更加不能想像有些作品的層次不是用光暗,而是實際利用顏料製造立體感。在左面或者右面打橫看過去,這個作品分明就是凹凸有致的!正面看過去的時候就會看到不同的光暗與陰影,可是當局部完全放大只會看到好像一攤顏料被強行倒在畫碟上。這也是我嘖嘖稱奇的。
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本來過去是打算欣賞印象派畫作,卻發現原來地下還有一個中世紀宗教油畫的小型展覽館。除了可以用超近的距離肉眼仔細觀賞這些巧奪天工而且保存了超過800年的歷史文物,還有象牙製作的宗教相關小型雕塑。
1348年的Crucifixion with Saints, Bernardo Dadi(active 1312-1348)
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如果要和National Gallery比較,National Gallery裡金光閃閃的宗教作品都是非常巨型的作品,這裏小型的比較多。
這個st peter是Tempera (egg based paint),大約是1480年的作品。Nicola di Maestro Antonio d’Ancona(active around 1470-1500)
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鎮館之寶之一The entombment是1425年作品。Roberr Campin(1378-1444)
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可以近距離欣賞就能看到作品顏料的凹凸有致、風化的裂痕與後者修補。這是書本和電腦絕對沒有辦法感覺到的質感。
Barnaba da Modena(active 1361-83)
Tempera and gold leaf
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天花板的立體設計同樣值得欣賞,又要看作品又要看天花板,還有那迴旋樓梯都要仔細駐足觀看。由於步行大約20分鐘距離就可以去到Covent Garden、30分鐘一定可以去到National Gallery,所以如果把行程安排在一起也是不錯的選擇。
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The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 0RN
T: +44 (0) 20 7848 2777
Opening hours
Daily 10am – 6pm (last admission 5.30pm)
Closed 25 and 26 December. Last admission at 3.30pm on 24 December.