油画中的科学家:《拉瓦锡和夫人》解读

A Painting of Special Meaning in History of Science: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife

《拉瓦锡和夫人》是法国画家大卫的油画作品。本文简单描述了化学家拉瓦锡和夫人的科学贡献，井详细阐释了画家通过对素材的组织和画面的安排，展现科学中的隐喻．例如女性科学家的地位、化学革命的发生，科学实验对精确的追求等。本文还特别分析了画中的一处科学错误。

The portrait of this scientist couple was painted by the French painter Jacques Louis David. Besides the description of the couple's scientific achievements, the article articulates how the painter created a scene which merged the feminism in scientific community, the revolution in chemistry and the exactitude in scientific experiments.