The Starry Night, 1889
By: Vincent van Gogh
Considered to be the best and most famous work of Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night was created from memory and portrays the sight outside the window of his sanitarium room at night.
星夜,1889
凡高
这被认为是凡高最优秀最著名的作品。星夜是凭记忆创作的,描绘了他所住疗养院房间窗外的夜景。
The Scream, 1893
By: Edvard Munch
In a series of paintings reproduced with various media known as Scream, Edvard Munch conveys an extremely anxious and trembling person standing at the fenced edge of a road. The scene was identified as the view from a road overlooking Oslo, Norway.
呐喊,1893
爱德华·蒙克
通过一系列在各种媒体上被复制的名为呐喊的绘画作品,爱德华·蒙克表达的是站在路边栅栏旁的一个极度焦虑和战栗的人。据信,这是从俯瞰挪威奥斯陆的一条路上看到的景象。
Dogs Playing Poker, 1903
By: C.M. Coolidge
Dogs Playing Poker is the collective name of sixteen oil paintings by C.M. Coolidge. Each painting was commissioned to advertise cigars for Brown & Bigelow.
玩牌的狗们,1903
柯立芝
玩牌的狗们是柯立芝16幅油画的统称。每一幅油画都是用来给布朗与毕格罗公司的雪茄做广告的。
The Kiss, 1908
By: Gustav Klimt
The Kiss, or Der Kuss, was Gustav Klimt’s most renowned art piece. He was done during the peak of his “Golden Period.”The Kiss depicts a man and woman kissing and embracing, with their bodies cloaked by elegant golden robes. Along with oil paint, gold leaf was used. His use of gold was influenced by a trip to Italy in 1903, after which gold and silver were used often in his art.
吻,1908
克林姆
这是克林姆最著名的艺术作品,完成于他“黄金时代”的顶峰。作品描绘的是一个男人和一个女人亲吻拥抱,优雅的金色长袍遮盖着他们的身体。除了油彩,还使用了金叶。他使用黄金是受1903年的一趟意大利之旅影响,自那以后他的作品中经常使用黄金和白银。
La Trahison des Images (Ceci N’est pas une Pipe), 1928-29
By: Rene Magritte
La Trahison des Images, or The Treachery of Images, was painted by Magritte in 1928-1929. Below is written: Ceci N’est pas une Pipe, meaning “this is not a pipe” in French. Magritte was trying to make the point that the painting was not an actual pipe, only a representation of one.
图像的背叛,1928-29
列耐·马格利特
作品下面用法语写着“这不是一个烟斗”。马格利特要尽力强调的是他画的不是真正的烟斗,只是烟斗的代表。
American Gothic, 1930
By: Grant Wood
American Gothic was inspired by the Dibble House in Iowa. Wood saw its Gothic architectural style and decided to paint the house along with the kind of people he imagined might live in it. The painting depicts a farmer and his daughter, both modeled by his dentist and his sister.Each element of the painting was done separately; the models sat separately and were never at the house.
美国哥特式,1930
格兰特·伍德
作品灵感来自于衣阿华的迪布尔小屋。伍德看到了它的哥特式建筑风格,决定把房子和他想象的住在里面的人的样子画出来。画作描绘了一位农夫和他的女儿,由他的牙医和妹妹做模特。画中的每一元素都是独立创作的;模特彼此分坐,也从来没来过这一房子。
The Persistence of Memory, 1931
By: Salvador Dali
A widely known surrealist piece often referenced in pop culture. The Persistence of Memory depicts melting watches at a beach scene. Dali mentions that he was motivated by a surrealist concept of Camembert cheese melting under the sun.
永恒的记忆,1931
萨尔瓦多·达利
流行文化中经常提及的著名的超现实主义作品。作品描绘的是沙滩场景中融化的钟表。达利说,他是受到了太阳下融化的卡门贝尔奶酪这一超现实主义概念的启发。
Guernica,1937
By: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso’s detest of the Spanish Civil War is manifested in an art piece known as Guernica. The piece was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to portray the pain and suffering caused by wars. Guernica would become a monumental symbol of anti-war and peace.
格尔尼卡,1937
巴勃罗·毕加索
毕加索对西班牙内战的憎恶体现在格尔尼卡这一艺术作品当中。受西班牙共和政府所托,毕加索创作这一作品来描绘战争带来的痛苦和苦难。格尔尼卡也成为反战与和平的重要象征。
No.5, 1948, 1948
By: Jackson Pollock
No. 5, 1948 was done on an 8 feet by 4 feet sheet of fiberboard, splattered with brown and yellow paint to give a nest-like appearance. The painting is supposedly abstract; the exquisiteness of how such a painting became so famous would most likely be misunderstood by many people.
1948年5号,1948
作品画在8英尺×4英尺的纤维板上,溅泼着褐色和黄色的油彩,看起来就像鸟巢的样子。作品据说很抽象;这样一幅画作竟会如此有名,这可能让很多人不能理解。
The Son of Man, 1964
By: Rene Magritte
Magritte painted The Son of Man, or Le fils de l’homme, as a self-portrait. The painting depicts a man in a suit with a bowler hat; his face is mostly obscured by a green apple. The theme of the artwork is a conflict between that which is visible and that which is hidden. The parts of a person we want to see is often obscured by what is visible.
人之子,1964
列耐·马格利特
马格利特作为自画像创作了该作品。作品描绘的是一个人穿着套装,戴着圆顶礼帽;他的脸大部分被一个绿苹果给遮挡了。这一艺术作品的主题是可见与隐藏之间的冲突。我们想看到的一个人的某些部位常常被可见的东西给遮蔽了。