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作者：Mona Lisa
What are some of the most stunning yet most terrifying images?[1]
This is Christinas World by Andrew Wyeth.
At first glance, its a simplistically beautiful painting of a young woman relaxing in a field. But upon closer inspection, theres something not quite right. The womans pose doesnt look so relaxed after all. It almost looks like shes struggling. Her wrist looks red and swollen. The sky is a dreary grey as well as the houses in the background, the grass is not lush, but dull, almost dead looking. Suddenly the painting isnt so easily interpreted.
This painting was inspired by the Wyeths neighbor, Anna Christina Olson. She developed a degenerative muscle condition in her youth that left her unable to walk. Olson did not use a wheelchair. Instead, she crawled everywhere she went. In addition, Olson was not young at the time Wyeth painted this. She was in her fifties. Its implied to be more of a portrayal of the subjects mind than a portrait. I dont know. To me, theres just something subtly horrifying about the whole thing. Cant quite put my finger on it.
这幅画叫“克里斯蒂娜的世界”，出自安德鲁·怀斯[2]之手。
乍一看去，这似乎只是一幅简单的漂亮人物画：一个少女在田野上休息。但是你凑近一看，感觉好像有什么地方不对劲：少女的姿势越看越不像是在放松，更像是在挣扎；她的手腕与关节又红又肿；背景的天空与房子灰蒙蒙的；草一点都不绿，反倒是干枯暗淡、死气沉沉——突然间，这幅简单的画作变得没那么好懂了。
其实这幅画的灵感来自怀斯的邻居：安娜·克里斯蒂娜·奥尔森。她年轻时患上了退化性肌肉疾病，导致她无法行走。克里斯蒂娜没有使用轮椅，如果她想去什么地方，她用爬的。此外，当怀斯画下这幅画时，克里斯蒂娜不年轻了——她已经五十多岁。这似乎意味着，这是一幅思想的写生而不是人物的肖像，它描绘的是抽象的主题思想。我也不太懂。对我来说，不知为何，整个事情莫名地恐怖。
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