托马斯·科尔风景画《卡茨基里的初秋景色》高清图片

作品简介

科尔曾为纽约州北部哈德逊河沿岸的层峦叠嶂与葱郁峡谷深深着迷，长期栖居于卡茨基尔溪畔的宅邸。然而至1837年，这片风景已不复画中所绘——卡纳乔哈里与卡茨基尔铁路正穿山越岭，数百古树就此遭劫。兼具诗人与散文家身份的科尔，曾以文字痛陈这般无情戕害。画中雾锁远山、波光潋滟、牧人缓行的田园图景，终成他笔下一曲永恒的逝川之悼。

Cole was enraptured by the mountains, crags, and verdant valleys that rim the Hudson River in upstate New York and spent much of his time at his house near the town of Catskill, on the banks of Catskill Creek. By 1837, however, the landscape no longer resembled this canvas. The Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad was being constructed through its heart, dooming hundreds of trees. Cole, who was also a poet and an essayist, wrote in despair of the ruthless sacrifice. In the painting, the misty distant mountains, the calm light on the water, and the pastoral figures in the foreground constitute a scene that he mourned as lost forever.