福音派圣约翰 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	福音派圣约翰
品名（英）	St. John the Evangelist
入馆年号	2013年，2013.614
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	John Flaxman【1755 至 1826】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1806 - 公元 1816
创作地区
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 28 15/16 × 15 1/16 英寸 (73.5 × 38.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	弗拉克斯曼创作这幅画是为了说明他在 1811 年作为皇家学院雕塑教授的第一次演讲。设计为从远处看到，处理故意宽阔。圣约翰是安装在亨利七世坟墓周围威斯敏斯特大教堂女士教堂墙壁上的壁龛中的一系列雕像之一。教堂本身被认为是英国中世纪建筑的最后伟大杰作，约翰·利兰（John Leland）在1545年将其描述为"整个世界的奇迹"。弗拉克斯曼没有从古典艺术的讨论开始，而是将他的第一堂课专门用于英国雕塑，然后搬回埃及和希腊。该讲座于 1829 年死后出版，将彼得罗·托里贾诺的皇家陵墓设计与装饰墙壁的人物的本土风格进行了对比。他写道，意大利"坟墓的人物比例和裸体绘画更好"，但"教堂的人物在自然简约和宏伟的个性和帷幔方面非常优越。这幅画代表了这些英语品质，在出版的文本中作为石版画被复制。
介绍（英）	Flaxman made this drawing to illustrate his first lecture as Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, delivered in 1811. Designed to be seen from a distance, the handling is deliberately broad. St. John is one of a series of statues installed in niches adorning the walls of the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey around the tomb of Henry VII. The chapel itself is considered the last great masterpiece of English medieval architecture, described by John Leland in 1545 as “the wonder of the entire world.” Instead of beginning with a discussion of classical art, Flaxman devoted his first lecture to English sculpture, then moved back to Egypt and Greece. Published posthumously in 1829, the lecture contrasts Pietro Torrigiano's designs for the royal tomb, with the native style of the figures adorning the walls. He wrote that the Italian "figures of the tomb have better proportion and drawing in the naked” but “the figures of the chapel are very superior in natural simplicity and grandeur of character and drapery.” Representing those English qualities, this drawing was reproduced as a lithograph in the published text.