欧洲中世纪插图手抄本的奇葩——林堡兄弟《贝里公爵豪华祈祷书》

A Miracle of Illustrated Manuscript in the Medieval Europe:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Drawn by Limbourg Brothers

林堡兄弟绘制的《贝里公爵豪华祈祷书》是欧洲中世纪插图手抄本的杰出代表。作品以工整绮丽的细密画法,在写实性描绘中融入优雅的装饰趣味,造型生动、色彩艳丽,展示了一年12个月的人物活动和自然风光,既打上了15世纪欧洲宫廷审美趣味的烙印,也在某个层面上被视为欧洲风景画艺术的先驱。该套插画的独特之处在于,画家通过对中世纪晚期西方社会各阶层生活场景的精湛描绘,坚定地将艺术奠基在现实生活的土壤上,表明了和中世纪精神背道而驰的价值取向。

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry drawn by Limbourg brothers is an outstanding representative of illustrated manuscripts of the Middle Ages in Europe.With a neat and beautiful miniature method,its integration of elegant decoration interest into realistic description,vivid in modelling and beautiful in colors,displaying the activities of characters and natural scenery in the twelve months of the year.It is not only branded with the courtly aesthetic taste in the 15th century,but also regarded as the pioneer of European landscape painting at some level.The unique feature of this set of illustrations lies in that through the exquisite depiction of the life scenes at all levels of western society in the late Medieval Ages,the painter firmly rooted the art in the real life,indicating the value orientation contrary to the medievalism.