學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精英國畫家勞里的工業(yè)英國畫作BritishartistLSLowry’spaintingsofindustrial,working-classBritainbroughthimpopularfameintheUK.LSLowry,withhisdepictionsofeverydaynorthernlife,isoneofBritain’sbestlovedpainters。英國畫家LS勞里的畫作描述了工業(yè)時(shí)代下的、工人階級(jí)的英國，因此在英國名聲大噪。他的畫作描述了北方民眾的日常生活，勞里因此也成為了英國最受追捧的畫家之一。Butremarkably，forsuchaniconofmodernBritishart，nosoloexhibitionofhisworkhaseverbeenheldoutsidetheUK.Untilnow,acollectionofLowrypaintingsisbeingshownatanexhibitioninNanjingineasternChina。但值得注意的是，即使對(duì)于這樣一個(gè)現(xiàn)代英國藝術(shù)的標(biāo)志性人物，他的個(gè)人展出也僅限于英國國內(nèi)。但如今不是了。在中國東部的城市南京，勞里的畫展正在進(jìn)行。Lowry’scanvasesdepictasideofBritishlifethat'snowgone.Theoneabove，MillScene,from1965，isreminiscentofmanyofhispaintings,withitssmokestacksandhurryingcrowdsofworkers。勞里的畫作里所描述的那些英國人的生活景象已經(jīng)遠(yuǎn)去。上邊的一張圖是《米爾辛》,1965年的作品，讓人想起了他的許多舊作，里邊畫著林立的煙囪和疾行的工人們。ThecuratorshopeLowry’spaintingswillresonatewithChineseaudiencesbecausetheywillseeechoesoftheirowneconomicdevelopmentandtheproblemsitcauses.美術(shù)館長(zhǎng)們希望勞里的畫作可以讓中國的觀賞者產(chǎn)生共鳴,因?yàn)樗麄兛梢栽谶@些畫里看到自家的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展及其帶來的問題.SomeseeinLowry’sdecadesofwork,notadepictionofindustrialstrength，butableakportrayaloflongindustrialdecline.Alongsidetheparallelswiththepresent,Chineseaudiencesmaywellfindhintsandwarningsaboutthefuture.勞里幾十年間的畫作，在一些人看來，描述的并不是工業(yè)盛世，而是黯淡而長(zhǎng)期的工業(yè)蕭條。今日與昨日相比,中國的觀眾也許很容易找到未來的跡象和啟示。NatureandArt自然與藝術(shù)—ByJamesAbbottMcNeillWhistlerNaturecontainstheelements,incolourandform，ofallpictures,asthekeyboardcontainsthenotesofallmusic.無論從色彩還是形狀來講，大自然都蘊(yùn)涵著所有的繪畫成分,就如同鍵盤包含著所有音樂的音符一樣。Buttheartistisborntopick,andchoose,andgroupwithscience,theseelements，thattheresultmaybebeautiful-asthemusiciangathershisnotes，andformshischords,untilhebringsforthfromchaosgloriousharmony.而藝術(shù)家天生便具有這種才華，從這些成分中選擇，并巧妙地結(jié)合起來,繪一幅美麗的畫卷。這就好比是音樂家從無序的聲音中選擇音符,形成自己的和弦之音，創(chuàng)作出優(yōu)美和諧的樂章。Tosaytothepainter,thatNatureistobetakenassheis,istosaytotheplayer,thathemaysitonthepiano。。.,Thedignityofthesnow-cappedmountainislostindistinctness，butthejoyofthetourististorecognizethetravelleronthetop.Thedesiretosee,forthesakeofseeing,is,withthemass，alonetheonetobegratified，hencethedelightindetail。z＊xxk如果說畫家是以大自然的本貌去創(chuàng)作，那么對(duì)于演奏家而言，他便可以坐在鋼琴旁了……高山巍立，白雪皚皚，卻因過于清晰而失去了威嚴(yán)，然而攀爬者卻因能一睹登顛者之風(fēng)采而獨(dú)享一份樂趣。與眾人登高一望，滿足極目遠(yuǎn)眺之愿，然樂趣卻也只體現(xiàn)在一睹細(xì)枝末節(jié)罷了.Andwhentheeveningmistclothestheriversidewithpoetry,aswithaveil，andthepoorbuildingslosethemselvesinthedimsky,andthetallchimneysbecomecampanili,andthewarehousesarepalacesinthenight，andthewholecityhangsintheheavens，andfairy—landisbeforeus—thenthewayfarerhastenshome;theworkingmanandtheculturedone,thewisemanandtheoneofpleasure，ceasetounderstand,astheyhaveceasedtosee，andNature，who，foronce，hassungintune，singsherexquisitesongtotheartistalone,hersonandhermaster—hersoninthathelovesher,hermasterinthatheknowsher。傍晚，詩般迷霧如面紗籠罩溪邊,破舊的房屋隱遁于昏暗的夜色中，高聳的煙囪好似一座座鐘樓，間間庫房宛如夜里的宮殿，整座城市懸于天宇，一切如仙境般呈現(xiàn)在我們眼前。此時(shí)，旅人疾步踏歸途；而無論是勞動(dòng)者，有學(xué)識(shí)者，智者,還是享樂之人，均因再看不見這一切而無頓悟。曾經(jīng)歌唱的大自然，此刻只為藝術(shù)家吟唱美妙的旋律，他既是她的兒子也是她的主人——愛而為其子，知而為其主。Tohimhersecretsareunfolded;tohimherlessonshavebecomegraduallyclear。Helooksatherflower，notwiththeenlarginglens,thathemaygatherfactsforthebotanist,butwiththelightoftheonewhoseesinherchoiceselectionofbrillianttonesanddelicatetints,suggestionsoffutureharmonies.為藝術(shù)家，大自然展示著她的奧秘；也只因他,其內(nèi)涵才漸漸得以顯現(xiàn)。藝術(shù)家對(duì)花的觀察，不是用植物學(xué)家收集實(shí)證的放大鏡,而是用一屢光,透過它便可以看到由燦爛的色調(diào)及美妙的色彩所將描繪出的和諧畫面。Hedoesnotconfinehimselftopurposelesscopying,withoutthought,eachbladeofgrass，ascommendedbytheinconsequent，but,inthelongcurveofthenarrowleaf,correctedbythestraighttallstem,helearnshowgraceisweddedtodignity,howstrengthenhancessweetness,thateleganceshallbetheresult.他不會(huì)像那些于此不搭調(diào)的人那樣，不假思索，毫無目的地謄摹每一片葉子；相反地,他卻從卷曲的葉脈和細(xì)長(zhǎng)的莖干中，領(lǐng)略到其莊嚴(yán)中透著優(yōu)雅，力量中透著甜美，最終創(chuàng)作出高雅美妙的作品。Inthecitronwingofthepalebutterfly，withitsdaintyspotsoforange,heseesbeforehimthestatelyhallsoffairgold,withtheirslendersaffronpillars，andistaughthowthedelicatedrawinghighuponthewallsshallbetracedintendertonesoforpiment，andrepeatedbythebaseinnotesofgraverhue.一只淺色的蝴蝶,柚色的翅膀上嵌有精美的橘色斑點(diǎn)，而呈現(xiàn)在他眼前的卻是金碧輝煌的殿堂上豎著細(xì)長(zhǎng)金黃立柱，并意識(shí)到那謄于高墻上的精美畫卷，是以柔