La technologie a l'Ecole du Louvre

Séminaires de l'Ecole du Louvre, Science, technique et industrie. Un patrimoine, des perspectives, La Documentation française, Paris 1983, 320 pages.     

The New Louvre in Lens: A Regionally Embedded National Project

Abstract

The creation of a second Musée du Louvre in Lens, a declining manufacturing city, clearly refers to the prototypical case of the Guggenheim Bilbao. However, this paper shows that the motivation and origin of the Louvre-Lens museum are very different, since it was decided by the central state and primarily funded by the regional authorities with a shared belief in the necessity of bringing art to the working class in a city lacking cultural facilities. This shortcoming made the project highly risky, and its successful implementation can only be explained from a theoretical perspective by various kinds of regional embeddedness. Finally, regarding the impact, even though this project was not directly inspired by the example of Guggenheim Bilbao, a positive effect is hoped for, and the paper aims to assess the possibility of producing the Bilbao effect.     

Analytical investigation on Renaissance Venetian enamelled glasses from the Louvre collections

Venetian enamelled glass is one of the most significant subjects of the art and technology of Renaissance glassmaking. These items were made in Venice from the second half of the 15th through the 17th centuries and were imitated in other European glassmaking centers during this period and again in Murano during the 19th century. Only a limited number of analyses of these masterpieces have been published up to now.     

Communicating Science through the Performing Arts

Abstract

The author reviews over a decade of science and the arts programming he and his colleagues have produced and disseminated. The programs have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the American Physical Society, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and various foundations and corporations. The author gives detailed examples of using science and the arts to reach the public and students with respect to programming related to the play Copenhagen, the opera Doctor Atomic, the Science & the Arts Series, a major international conference on Communicating Science to the Public, and many other outreach efforts.     

陇南八峰崖石窟内容总录

本文主要对八峰崖石窟的各窟龛内容诸如塑像、壁画及石碑等进行了全面考察,整理为石窟内容总录。     

佛教美术中的维摩诘题材释读

维摩诘题材是中国佛教美术中最为重要且常见的题材之一。早在佛教东渐之初的两汉时期,以维摩诘为主角的《维摩诘经》已经被介绍来中国,伴随经典的翻译传播,维摩诘所代表的融通世、出世间,注重理、行不二的大乘佛教理念在中国寻得了大众,特别是具有儒家传统而兼出世情怀的士大夫阶层的普遍认可,而经中表述的丰富多彩的情节与生动鲜明的形象更使得维摩诘成为远自魏晋以来,广及绘画、雕塑以及诗歌、戏剧、音乐等各个艺术门类的重要题材[1],这使得它在中国文化发展史上的作用,甚至超出了其于宗教范畴内的意义。本文拟就维摩诘作为美术题材的发生、发展及其通例表现形式的宗教蕴意作通览性的考察与探究。     

民艺镜头

“万载”傩神 以面具为神,独此地无二。江西万载县池溪村傩神庙就是傩面的世界。“面”“面”相视：有怒目阔口者、眉清目秀者、忠义威武者、皂面无情者,这四色傩神,其受香火。客家傩舞开锣的时候,傩面即被迎请出庙,开始傩的“神戏”之旅。江西是傩文化的发祥地,艺人匠心独运,从刻制的赣傩面具上,既能感受到他们对干种神角的致敬,     

《艺市民俗学》评述

如果我们将人类所创造的文化比作一个大花园,那么在这大花园里万紫千红、如锦如霞的花朵中,最美丽的一朵大概就是人类的艺术了。在各种各样的辞典中,我们不难查到关于艺术的定义,但在这里,我们不愿意引用辞典中干巴巴的定义,因为那些定义实在是委屈了艺术这美丽的花朵。还是来看看《罗丹艺术论》中对艺术的解说吧：“艺术,就是所谓静观、默察;是深入自然,渗透自然,与之同化的心灵的愉快;     

关于河姆渡原始艺术的探讨

河姆渡艺术研究应结合其他文物的考证,将其置于特定的历史和文化背景之中,通过对艺术现象的考察,探索其形成的原因、艺术特色、风格特征。     

民间美术保守性之积淀与变异

民间美术积淀丰厚,有其自身内在的发展规律和传承特点,保守性是其中之一。正因为有这种保守性,才使得我们可以在民间美术中去探寻原始文化发生、发展的线索和传统文化在民间艺术中留存的文化基因;也正因为如此,民间美术在长期的发展过程中才可以保持其相对完整的风格。     

宝宁寺明代水陆画造型艺术再认识

水陆画虽然大部分是反映神佛鬼魅、天堂地狱的宗教画,但其中不乏反映人世的悲苦、恐惧和怜悯,表现众生的感叹、虔诚,以及渴望美好生活的现实画。复制水陆画的过程也是心灵崇拜的过程,这里不仅仅有绘画技巧,还有一种与原画作的精神互通。从这些水陆画中,不难感受到古代民间匠人在幽暗的寺庙里默默无闻的挑灯作画,终其一生。他们甚至没有留下自己的姓名,却给后人留下了一大批珍贵的物质文化遗产。