伟大而隐秘--查尔斯·勒布伦绘画中的政治叙事

Great But Secret:Charles Le Bruns Political Narrative

查尔斯·勒布伦身为路易十四时期的宫廷画家,在17世纪中后期法国艺术创作和理论研究上掌权,除了作为一位成功的行政官员,他也致力于从历史和绘画的规律出发,建立学院的古典主义美学体系。勒布伦强调绘画的叙事功能,通过对古代视觉文化的挪用和模仿建构出"帝国时间"脉络,将其所处的时代放置在从荷马时代延续下来的文化传统中,为政治权力赋予了不朽的精神光辉。此外,他还有选择地借用和加工了笛卡尔关于灵魂与激情的理论,通过身体符号展现统治者与被统治者之间微妙而隐秘的情感,由此建构出更为情感化的政治叙事。

Charles Le Brun, a court painter in Louis XIV, dominated French art creation and theoretical study in the mid-to-late 17 th century. He is not only a successful government official, but also a scholar who is committed to setting up a classical college aesthetic system based on the laws of history and painting. Laying emphasis on the narrativity of painting, Le Brun builds "Age of Empire" through borrowing and imitation of ancient visual culture. His own time period is considered from the view of cultural traditions inherited from the Homer era, which provides political power with the glory of immortal spirit. In addition, he selectively referred to Descartes’ s theory of soul and passion and made modifications to it. Body symbols are borrowed to display subtle emotions between the ruler and the subject and a political narrative with emotional colors is established.