燃燒的六月》,弗雷德里克·雷頓,1895

19世紀的學院派藝術時期是人類繪畫發展的巔峰,沒有任何其他時期產出了如此華麗優雅的作畫技術和靈魂。誰說栩栩如生的逼真無法優美的浪漫想像混合?誰說「真實」必定與「抽象」不相容的?為何不能將人們的現實經驗與抽象內涵完全融合?維多利亞時期的學院派畫家們對此進行了挑戰,結果便創造了這些令人嘆為觀止的藝術成就,他們筆下的裸體神話人物被賦予了凡間的真實生命、同時卻又展現超乎異常的豪華和優美,古典與浪漫的驚豔結合,讓人類其他時期的所有藝術都要甘拜下風。

可惜的是,進入了20世紀,如同其他許多同時流逝的理想一般,印象派和現代主義的猖獗終結了這段人類藝術的巔峰。在這些現代主義者將學院藝術詆毀為「華而不實」、「資產階級」、「庸俗藝術」的同時,他們樂見這些優美的神話人物被以幾百幾十元的賤價拍賣,同時也自豪於他們膚淺的貼紙塗鴉被以數千萬元得標。值得慶幸的是,到了1980年代這個奇妙的時期,潮流開始逆轉,學院藝術又重新獲得重視了。

以下我便將這些人類藝術的巔峰作品以畫廊方式展出。注意到這當中也包括了前拉斐爾派。我最喜歡的是右邊獨立展出的這位女孩,個人認為這是世界上最迷人的睡姿了。

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