荷塘里的鸟儿 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	荷塘里的鸟儿
品名（英）	Birds in a lotus pond
入馆年号	1989年，1989.363.135
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Bada Shanren (Zhu Da)【1626 至 1705】【中国人】
创作年份	公元 1680 - 公元 1700
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	10 3/4 x 80 3/4 英寸 (27.3 x 205.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	《荷花池中的鸟》聚焦于自然界的狭窄地带，风格可追溯到1690年左右，展示了艺术家大胆地尝试使用缎子这种高吸水性介质，创造出一种大胆的饱和墨水线条和点的组合，鲜明地设置在空白的背景上。卷轴以一片撕裂的荷叶的大胆抽象形式打开，它岌岌可危地悬挂在弯曲的茎上，向左延伸到一簇半隐藏的花朵上方。黑色的叶子与一块纯白的巨石形成鲜明对比，只有它的墨水轮廓才能定义。两只毛茸茸的小鸡栖息在这块巨石上，显然对周围的环境视而不见。在岸边蹲下，有两个八哥，他们的目光向上指向在他们上方若隐若现的最后一片荷叶。在第二只八哥的背部平衡的是另一只小鸡，它的喙在歌声或饥饿中张开。这些鸟似乎将黑暗和光明的相互作用拟人化，使整个构图充满活力;巴达赋予它们的人类般的表情为已经神秘的构图增添了令人不安的品质。
介绍（英）	Focusing on a narrow band of the natural world, Birds in a Lotus Pond, datable stylistically to about 1690, shows the artist boldly experimenting with the highly absorbent medium of satin to create a daring composition of saturated ink lines and dots starkly set against a blank background. The scroll opens with the daringly abstract form of a torn lotus leaf that is precariously suspended from its bent stalk, which extends leftward above a cluster of half-hidden blossoms. The black leaf stands in contrast to a stark white boulder, defined only by its ink outline. Two fluffy chicks perch atop this boulder, apparently oblivious to their surroundings. On the shore beyond crouch two mynahs, their glances directed upward toward a final lotus leaf that looms above them. Balanced on the back of the second mynah is another tiny chick, its beak open in song or hunger. The birds appear to personify the interaction of dark and light that animates the entire composition; the human-like expressions with which Bada has imbued them adds an unsettling quality to the already enigmatic composition.