ASJの５月例会は都合が悪く参加できませんでしたが、minutesが送られてきたので読んでいたら覚えたい単語が一つありました。５月のレクチャーは "Ink on Gold" by Dr. Matthew P. McKelway, Associate Professor, Columbia University で、その中の文を抜粋します。
As compared with a pair of screens by Yosa Buson executed in the same medium, Rosetsu's work uses jet-black ink where Buson uses a grey wash; also, where Buson uses a variety of brushes to create a range of textures, Rosetsu uses a large brush loaded with viscous ink to apply long, sweeping strokes, thus relying on bold, silhouetted forms to portray the subject.
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In the case of the Landscapes, however, the artist has based himself on the mutual resistance between the non-absorbent gold and the viscous ink, forcing his viewers to think about how his paintings were made and eventually acknowledge the audacity of his method.
"jet-black ink" はRosetsuと対照されているBusonの筆を "grey wash" と形容し、以前取り上げた "jet jewelry" との類推から、 "very dark black ink" の意味である事が分かります。 "viscous ink" の "viscous" は何度か見たことのある単語ですが、思い出せません。"jet-black" とは別の特性の様です。 辞書を引きます。
・Cambridge Dictionaries Online: describes a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not flow easily
・Oxford English Dictionary: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity: viscous lava
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: Viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle.
私の記憶力も "viscous " だといいのですが、どうも "volatile" ですね。
As compared with a pair of screens by Yosa Buson executed in the same medium, Rosetsu's work uses jet-black ink where Buson uses a grey wash; also, where Buson uses a variety of brushes to create a range of textures, Rosetsu uses a large brush loaded with viscous ink to apply long, sweeping strokes, thus relying on bold, silhouetted forms to portray the subject.
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In the case of the Landscapes, however, the artist has based himself on the mutual resistance between the non-absorbent gold and the viscous ink, forcing his viewers to think about how his paintings were made and eventually acknowledge the audacity of his method.
"jet-black ink" はRosetsuと対照されているBusonの筆を "grey wash" と形容し、以前取り上げた "jet jewelry" との類推から、 "very dark black ink" の意味である事が分かります。 "viscous ink" の "viscous" は何度か見たことのある単語ですが、思い出せません。"jet-black" とは別の特性の様です。 辞書を引きます。
・Cambridge Dictionaries Online: describes a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not flow easily
・Oxford English Dictionary: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity: viscous lava
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: Viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle.
私の記憶力も "viscous " だといいのですが、どうも "volatile" ですね。
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