Polemon的转换 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Polemon的转换
品名（英）	The Conversion of Polemon
入馆年号	2020年，2020.27
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	James Barry【1741 至 1806】【爱尔兰人】
创作年份	公元 1778 - 公元 1790
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	Plate: 22 1/2 × 29 7/16 英寸 (57.2 × 74.8 厘米) 页: 24 13/16 × 32 3/16 英寸 (63 × 81.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	巴里于1778年美国革命期间开始研究这本书，并打算将其作为政治评论。他代表了瓦莱里乌斯·马克西乌斯（Valerius Maxiumus）记录的一个经典故事，讲述了一个轻浮的年轻人Polemon的故事。Polemon在黎明时分狂欢归来，试图破坏Zenocrates关于谦逊和节制美德的论述。相反，当波列蒙倾听时，他改变了主意，从他头上摘下了庆祝花环，这表明他改变了心意。这位艺术家将早期的蚀刻状态献给了查尔斯·詹姆斯·福克斯（Charles James Fox），这位辉格党政治家也是一位臭名昭著的赌徒和酗酒者，也是一位熟练的演说家。1778年2月2日，他在议会发表了一次激动人心的演讲，反对英国对美国的战争。如果波列蒙指的是福克斯，巴里想让聪明的哲学家泽诺克拉斯恭维埃德蒙·伯克。和这位艺术家一样，后者是爱尔兰人，在巴里的职业生涯早期曾是一位重要的赞助人。在政治上，伯克是辉格党原则的坚定捍卫者，反对美国战争。
介绍（英）	Barry began work on this print in 1778, during the American Revolution and intended it as a political commentary. He represents a classical story recorded by Valerius Maxiumus that tells of Polemon, a frivilous youth who travels home at dawn after carousing and attempts to disrupt a discourse being delivered by Zenocrates on the virtues of modesty and temperance. Instead, as Polemon listens, he is converted, a change of heart indicated by the removal of the celebratory wreath from his head. The artist had dedicated earlier states of the etching to Charles James Fox, the Whig politician who was also a notorious gambler and heavy drinker, as well as a skilled orator. On February 2, 1778 he had delivered an electrifying Parliamentary speech against Britain's war with America. If Polemon refers to Fox, Barry intended the wise philosopher Zenocrates to compliment Edmund Burke. Like the artist, the latter was Irish and had been a significant patron early in Barry's career. Politically, Burke was a staunch defender of Whig principles and opposed the American War.