波提切利绘画中的寓言和图像隐喻——西蒙内塔的“尼禄印章”

桑德罗·波提切利在美第奇宫殿成长并得到新柏拉图思想熏陶,佛罗伦萨柏拉图学园的哲学生活则成为他绘画创作的哲思源泉。本文基于两个问题展开讨论:第一,波提切利的诸多肖像作品中,现藏于法兰克福的少女肖像原型是谁?第二,委托人朱利亚诺对西蒙内塔订件有哪些期待?经研究发现,波提切利在作品中通过阿波罗与马西亚斯的寓言设置了图像悬念,笔者认为其意图是使用新柏拉图式的寓言表征方法来赞美西蒙内塔的美与爱。

E. A. Poe＇s The Masque of the Red Death： Symbol vs. Allegory？

The paper is concerned with E. A. Poe＇s unique symbolic method as manifested in his tale The Masque of the Red Death. It offers a picture of the general state of critical treatment of the supposed opposition between allegory and symbol. I present a historical overview of how the distinction between the literary terms arose, tracing the roots of the issue to the end of the 18th century and showing its development over the next two centuries. The second section of the paper is devoted to the analysis of The Masque in the light of the theoretical background provided in the opening section. The Masque is interpreted in terms of Poe＇s modulation of＂closed＂ and ＂open＂ symbolism by focusing on aspects of the story that relate to the use of numbers, colors, and time.

论功夫电影结构美学的审美疲劳与审美再造

每年如约而至的叶问系列影片俨然撑起了华语功夫电影的半壁江山。尽管叶问系列影片屡获殊荣,实际上它却承载了电影界给予的过高评价与期望。叶问系列影片自身的美学价值与其在电影界所得到的认可之间存在着严重的不平衡。该系列影片在其所表现出的矫饰的人物情感、二元对立的人物关系、英雄片类型模式上的欠缺也折射出当下华语武侠功夫片所遭遇的叙事空间及寓意输出的狭窄现状。