托马斯·科尔素描《塔楼风景》图片

作品简介

在这幅石墨素描的底部，微小的人物似乎暗示着溪流对岸有船只停靠或离岸的叙事场景，但这一主题尚未被证实与科尔的其他文学作品或绘画故事存在关联。不过，中世纪元素——尤其是塔楼——作为科尔画作中常见的意象，无论是灵感源自意大利还是英国风景的作品中均有体现。眼前这幅作品显然更偏向英式风格，其塔楼造型与科尔1838年的历史画《往昔》(现藏于阿默斯特学院米德美术馆)中的塔楼如出一辙。在那幅画作中，城堡的塔楼作为前景马术比武的陪衬，静静矗立于背景之中。

Though the diminutive figures near the base of this graphite composition suggest a narrative involving a boat departure or arrival on the far bank of the stream, the subject has not been linked to any literary source or other pictorial narrative by Cole. Medieval subjects including towers, however, are familiar in his paintings, in landscapes both Italian and British in inspiration. This one appears British, its turret resembling the one in Cole's 1838 historical painting The Past (Mead Art Museum, Amherst College), in which, as part of a castle, it serves as a foil for an equestrian joust in the foreground.