一百零三位世界名流图
103 World Stars in One Painting

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An oil painting of 100 historical personages is one of the Internet’s newest sensations. Figures ranging from Fidel Castro to Shirley Temple are depicted in the large-scale 20′ x 8.5′ (6m x 2.6m) work entitled “Discussing the Divine Comedy With Dante.” Three additional faces — pushing up the count of faces in the painting to 103 — belong to the artists themselves. From Telegraph:

Message boards have erupted with contests to identify all those featured, who range from instantly recognisable figures like Gandhi to some more obscure figures such as Liu Xiang, the Chinese hurdler who limped out of the Beijing Olympics in the summer.

An element of mystery also surrounds that origins of the picture, which appears to have drawn inspiration from Raphael’s Renaissance fresco The School of Athens.

They created the oil painting – titled Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante – in 2006, although it has only become a viral internet hit in the past few weeks.

On the Chinese elements in the painting:

maoOne netizen said that it seems like there is  Pu-erh tea and a tea biscuit in front of Mao Zedong, placed there as if to relate some aspects of Chinese tea culture. However, artist Dai Dudu says that it is a tile end with a dragon depiction on it. Indeed, as many netizens have noted, the painting includes many Chinese elements: a red tablecloth with a China map, Chinese bronze vessels, and a broken ancient wheel — did you see all of these?

有网友曾说,毛泽东面前放的好像是普洱茶,而且是个茶饼,为的是宣传中国的茶文化。不过据戴都都证实,原来这是一个汉代的瓦当,上面还有龙纹呢。其实正如许多网友看出的那样,这里面有不少的中国元素,如红桌布上的中国地图、青铜器、破损的古代车轮,这些你都看出来了吗?

On the presence of the camera at the painting’s right-hand side:

It is now certain that the figure in the painting’s right-hand side above  Yue Fei is  Mei Lanfang. But what is he holding, and what is its significance? As many netizens have pointed out, he has a camera in his hand. According to this writer, the camera is used to express a kind of relaxed and humorous side. But it also creates a link — the camera captures life as well as the painting’s external surroundings, effectively creating a connection with the viewers.

现在可以确定,在画面右侧中部岳飞上方的是梅兰芳,可他拿的是什么?有什么含义呢?其实有不少网友都看出来了,手里拿的是个照相机。作者说了,道具就是为了表达轻松、诙谐的感觉,但又和本人有某种联系。梅兰芳手举相机,既是在照生活,也是在照画面外边的景物,是和观众的一种交流。

On the artists:

dengThe creators are Chinese artists. They are Dai Dudu, Liaoning Art Institute’s Vice President; Li Tiezi, contemporary oil painter; Zhang Anjun, chairman of the Shenyang Youth Association of Artists, and contemporary oil painter. Dai Dudu led the effort.

According to Dai Dudu, the three began work on the painting in 2006, completing it 10 months later. “At the time, we wanted to represent world history within a single painting. We wanted to showcase the world’s story, and let viewers feel as if they were flipping the pages of a history book,” Dai said.

这幅作品的创作者是中国人,他们是戴都都,辽宁画院副院长;李铁子,当代著名油画家;张安君,沈阳市青年美协主席、著名油画家。其中,戴都都是主要构思和创意者,也算是三人创作团队的领军人物。

戴都都介绍说,他们是从2006年开始创作这幅画,前后历时10个月。“当时就是想把世界史画成一幅画,讲讲世界故事,让大家感觉像是在翻一本历史书一样。”他说。

Interesting facts about the painting:

liuxiangA few other inclusions were made in the hopes that the painting would have romantic and even humorous elements. For example, there is a typewriter in front of [Chinese poet]  Li Bai. To Liu Xiang’s side is [Kofi]  Annan playing a flute, which expresses a relaxed spirit. To the left is George W. Bush, looking through a telescope while Bin Laden stands behind him. Artist Dai Dudu includes a stroke of chance: conveniently, Saddam Hussein is within Bush’s line of vision.

一些道具的运用是希望画面能传达出一种浪漫、随意,甚至是诙谐。比如在李白面前放一个打字机,既有联系,又很浪漫;刘翔旁边的安南吹着笛子,表达一种放松的状态。右上角的小布什拿个望远镜,背后却是他怎么也找不到的本·拉登,戴都都表示是种巧合,其实顺着小布什望远镜的方向,可以看到萨达姆。

The three painters are depicted next to Dante in the upper right-hand corner of the painting.

The non-Chinese figures are:

Dante, Archimedes, Gates, Lenin, Pele, Tutankhamen, Hitler, Mussolini, Saddam, Chopin, Hepburn, Ford, Charlie Chaplin, Bethune, Gorky, Pushkin, Charles de Gaulle, Paul, Bill Clinton, Peter the Great, Matisse, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, Elvis, Stalin, Da Vinci, Marx, Engels, Goethe, Nietzsche,Robert Caro, Shakespeare , Mozart, Napoleon, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Marlon Brando, Yasser Arafat, Monroe, Washington, Lincoln, Marie Curie, Rodin, Picasso, Caesar, Osama bin Laden, Bush, Luciano Pavarotti, Dali, Jordan, Sharon, Chennault, Charles, Kofi Annan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Hideki Tojo, Mother Teresa, Michelangelo, Bismarck, Nobel, Tagore, Rousseau, Van Gogh, Eisenhower, Lautrec, Corneliu Baba, Gandhi, Noah, Einstein, Tolstoy, Hans Christian Andersen, Spielberg, Shirley Temple, Tyson, Vladimir Putin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Freud, Elizabeth II.

但丁、阿基米德、盖茨、列宁、贝利、图坦卡蒙法老、希特勒、墨索里尼、萨达姆、肖邦、赫本、福特、卓别林、白求恩、高尔基、普希金、戴高乐、保尔、克林顿、彼得大帝、马蒂斯、撒切尔夫人、丘吉尔、罗斯福、海明威、猫王、斯大林、达芬奇、马克思、恩格斯、歌德、尼采、罗伯特·卡帕、莎士比亚、莫扎特、拿破仑、切格瓦拉、卡斯特罗、马龙白兰度、阿拉法特、梦露、华盛顿、林肯、居里夫人、罗丹、毕加索、凯撒、拉登、布什、帕瓦罗蒂、达利、乔丹、沙龙、陈纳德、查尔斯、安南、戈尔巴乔夫、东条英机、德兰修女、米开朗基罗、俾斯麦、诺贝尔、泰戈尔、卢梭、梵高、艾森豪威尔、劳特累克、柯尔尼留、甘地、诺亚、爱因斯坦、托尔斯泰、安徒生、斯皮尔伯格、秀兰·邓波儿、泰森、普京、萨马兰奇、弗洛伊德、伊丽莎白二世。

The Chinese figures are:

Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Confucius, Laozi, Li Bai, Sun Yatsen, Chiang Kai-shek, Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Cixi, Song Qingling, Mei Lanfang, Run Run Shaw, Lu Xun, Lei Feng, Guan Yu, Liu Baishi, Qi Baishi, Bruce Lee, Liu Xiang, and Cui Jian.

画中的中国人有毛泽东、周恩来、邓小平、孔子、老子、李白、孙中山、蒋介石、秦始皇、成吉思汗、慈禧、宋庆龄、梅兰芳、邵逸夫、鲁迅、雷锋、关羽、齐白石、李小龙、刘翔、崔健。

不少人对人物群像的背景也产生了兴趣。画面上方由左至右分别是:复活节岛、哥伦布的旗舰、英国巨石阵、埃及金字塔和中国长城嘉峪关。

  著名的动物

  在这幅油画中,作者还创作了不少动物形象,大部分为表达和谐、随意,传递一种生活化的情趣,如电视机旁边那只花狸猫,达尔文身旁的牧羊犬。但有一个动物却是必不可少,也是无可取代的,那就是在画面下方的克隆羊“多利”。

  电视里在演什么?

  还有不少人注意到了画面左侧的电视机,没错,那就是原子弹爆炸时的蘑菇云。作者戴都都说了,这是人类历史进程中一个很大的历史事件,应当出现在这幅作品中。

  毛泽东面前是普洱茶?

  有网友曾说,毛泽东面前放的好像是普洱茶,而且是个茶饼,为的是宣传中国的茶文化。不过据戴都都证实,原来这是一个汉代的瓦当,上面还有龙纹呢。其实正如许多网友看出的那样,这里面有不少的中国元素,如红桌布上的中国地图、青铜器、破损的古代车轮,这些你都看出来了吗?

  梅兰芳在干什么?

  现在可以确定,在画面右侧中部岳飞上方的是梅兰芳,可他拿的是什么?有什么含义呢?其实有不少网友都看出来了,手里拿的是个照相机。作者说了,道具就是为了表达轻松、诙谐的感觉,但又和本人有某种联系。梅兰芳手举相机,既是在照生活,也是在照画面外边的景物,是和观众的一种交流。

  这幅作品的创作者是中国人,他们是——戴都都,辽宁画院副院长;李铁子,当代著名油画家;张安君,沈阳市青年美协主席、著名油画家。其中,戴都都是主要构思和创意者,也算是三人创作团队的领军人物。

  《与但丁讨论神曲》的作者之一戴都都接受记者采访时笑着说:“我们把自己也画了进去!”在油画的右上角,三位画家站在但丁的旁边,正在审视着自己笔下的人物们,否则怎么能叫《与但丁讨论神曲》呢?

  回忆起创作过程,戴都都仍然饱含着激情,“这幅画起初是聊天时产生的灵感。”戴都都介绍说,他们是从2006年开始创作这幅画,前后历时10个月。“当时就是想把世界史画成一幅画,讲讲世界故事,让大家感觉像是在翻一本历史书一样。”他说。

  绘画时,三位画家克服重重困难,在6米×2.6米的画布上反复推敲,画布占据了画室的一面墙十个月。戴都都说:“大学四年中画的人物肖像都没超过100个。”完成后,三个东北汉邀朋友到日本料理店庆功,一口气喝掉30斤清酒。

  对于大家最关心的百位人物的确定问题,戴都都说也是经过了反复斟酌。他买来各种版本的世界百位名人介绍,首先选择在人们心中能够达成共识的那些人物,比如毛泽东、孔子、达芬奇等人;再就是他们自己喜欢的,艺术领域的代表性人物,如梵高和毕加索;当然也有一些阻碍历史进程的人物;再就是一些虽然不够伟大,在一定领域内也有代表性的人物,这些人也是作品出来后,引发过争议的人物,比如崔健和雷锋。

  戴都都还告诉大家一个小秘密,这百位人物中原本是没有刘翔的,可是就在创作正进行时,刘翔跑出了12秒88的世界纪录,取代了原本在这个位置的迈克尔·杰克逊。

  一些道具的运用是希望画面能传达出一种浪漫、随意,甚至是诙谐。比如在李白面前放一个打字机,既有联系,又很浪漫;刘翔旁边的安南吹着笛子,表达一种放松的状态。右上角的小布什拿个望远镜,背后却是他怎么也找不到的本·拉登,戴都都表示是种巧合,其实顺着小布什望远镜的方向,可以看到萨达姆。

  一幅令人会心微笑的杰作最近被上传到互联网,引起外媒和网友的关注,抽着烟的毛泽东、正在谈天的斯大林与达·芬奇,他们都是油画《与但丁讨论神曲》里103位名人主角之一(本报昨日曾报道)。不过要把画中人全部认出也并不容易,因此不少网民发起认人大赛。

  但这幅画右上角的阳台上有三位中国人,他们身穿现代服装,很多网民没有认出他们是谁。直到最近,这个秘密才被解开,这三人分别是中国美术家协会理事戴都都、当代著名油画家李铁子以及张安君,他们就是这幅奇画的创作者,站在他们旁边的是意大利诗人但丁,确实符合画名:《与但丁讨论神曲》。

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