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词条 Le Sommeil
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  1. History

  2. Description

  3. Analysis

  4. References

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Le Sommeil (translated in English variously as The Sleepers and Sleep) is an erotic[1] oil painting on canvas by French artist Gustave Courbet[2] created in 1866.[3] The painting, which depicts lesbianism, is also known as the Two Friends (Les Deux Amies) and Indolence and Lust (Paresse et Luxure).

History

Le Sommeil was originally commissioned by the Turkish diplomat and art collector of the late Ottoman era, Halil Şerif Paşa, who had lived in Paris since 1860.[4][5] The painting was not permitted to be shown publicly until 1988, like a number of his other works such as L'Origine du monde. When Le Sommeil was exhibited by a picture dealer in 1872, it became the subject of a police report.[6] One of the models for the painting was Joanna Hiffernan, who was the mistress of fellow painter James Abbott Whistler at the time. Whistler's relationship with Hiffernan ended soon afterwards, and his opinion of Courbet soured.[1]

The Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures describes Le Sommeil as a "famous" painting. The painting created an impact in 19th-century art, because after the public display of Le Sommeil, a number of contemporary artists were influenced by the theme of lesbian couples. Repetition of this theme helped to lower the taboos associated with lesbian relationships.[3]

Today Le Sommeil is in the collection of the Petit Palais, a Paris museum.[4]

Description

The painting shows two naked women lying asleep on a bed entwined in an erotic embrace, resting after sexual intercourse.[2]

The setting is a bedroom with various textiles and ornamental furnishing. In the background there is a dark blue velvet curtain and in the right corner a table with a decorative flower vase. In the foreground is a small wooden table holding three items – a colored flacon (a small vessel), a transparent crystal vase, and a cup. Except for these few furnishings, there is nothing in the painting to overshadow the main image – the women.[1]

One of the sleeping women is redhead, the other is brunette. For color contrast, Courbet worked curves between the women. A broken pearl necklace and a hairpin scattered in the bed reference the nature of their previous activity.[1]

Analysis

The painting was inspired by Charles Baudelaire's poem "Delphine et Hippolyte", from his collection Les Fleurs du mal.[2][7][8]Le Sommeil has been interpreted as a realist painting, detailing the bodies without glossing over their imperfections.[1]

References

1. ^Dorothy M. Kosinski, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1483342 Gustave Courbet's The Sleepers. The Lesbian Image in Nineteenth Century French Art and Literature], Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 9, No. 18 (1988), p.187
2. ^{{cite book|author=Wendy Michallat|title=Lesbian inscriptions in Francophone society and culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=006IBNRlwFIC&pg=PA8|accessdate=17 February 2012|year=2007|publisher=Durham Modern Languages|isbn=978-0-907310-62-4|pages=8}}
3. ^{{cite book|author1=George Haggerty|author2=Bonnie Zimmerman|title=Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvt8el4QtPwC&pg=PA311|accessdate=17 February 2012|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8153-3354-8|pages=311}}
4. ^Le Sommeil, Petit Palais
5. ^{{cite book|author=Griselda Pollock|title=Differencing the canon: feminist desire and the writing of art's histories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxGjuGVhVaYC&pg=PA315|accessdate=18 February 2012|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-06700-3|pages=315}}
6. ^{{cite book|author1=Sarah Faunce|author2=Linda Nochlin|title=Courbet reconsidered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXt4QgAACAAJ|accessdate=18 February 2012|year=1988|publisher=Brooklyn Museum|isbn=978-0-300-04298-6|page=176}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Elisabeth Ladenson|title=Dirt for art's sake: books on trial from Madame Bovary to Lolita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egIdwsXA2fQC&pg=PA75|accessdate=17 February 2012|year=2007|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-4168-4|pages=75–}}
8. ^{{cite book|author=Elisabeth Ladenson|title=Proust's Lesbianism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pegaeC9CWUC&pg=PA25|accessdate=17 February 2012|date=April 2007|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-7350-0|pages=25}}
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