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From Baroque to Realism 從巴洛克到寫實主義

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0054/366865/web/

From around the late sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century, there was a new type of art in Europe. It was called Baroque. There were Baroque artists in every European country. So they all had slightly different styles. But there were many similarities that Baroque artists shared.

大約從16世紀後期到18世紀初期，歐洲出現了一種稱作巴洛克的新型態藝術。每個歐洲國家都有巴洛克的藝術家。他們的風格皆有小小的差異，但巴洛克藝術家間依然擁有許多共同點。

For one, there were often contrasts between light and dark in Baroque paintings. The artists also focused on movement. And they stressed facial expressions in the figures they painted. This was one way they tried to show emotions in their paintings. The works of Baroque artists also had symbolic or moralizing meanings. Many Baroque artists painted religious topics, too.

舉例來說，巴洛克繪畫中總會有明暗的對比。藝術家們還著重於動作，他們強調畫中人物的臉部表情，此為表現畫中情感的一個方法。巴洛克藝術家的作品通常有象徵或道德上的意義，許多巴洛克藝術家也繪製以宗教為題的畫作。

One very important characteristic was that Baroque artists were realists. So they painted their subjects as realistically as possible. They knew about perspective. So they could show things such as size and distance. They were also able to use the space in their paintings very well. This ability made many Baroque artists quite famous. Today, people still admire the works of artists such as El Greco, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio.

非常重要的一點是巴洛克藝術家們是寫實主義者，因此他們都會盡可能寫實地描繪主題。他們懂透視畫法，所以能展現出畫中物的大小與距離等等。他們還能在作品中善用空間，此能力讓許多巴洛克藝術家相當出名。直到今天，如葛雷柯、林布蘭和卡拉瓦喬之流的藝術家作品依然受到讚賞。