メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「We see your spooky spooky skeletons and raise you Dante’s “Inferno” 🔥😱 Happy Halloween! Some artworks are meant to soothe and elicit gentle contemplation—and then there is art that is meant to confront, the kind that stops you in your tracks, like this dramatic painting by Franz von Stuck. Across the massive painting referencing Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno”—a medieval epic of a journey through hell—are six human figures trapped in a barren, fiery landscape. Some are tormented by a grinning demon at left and a serpent at right. Each figure wrestles uniquely with eternal damnation. Although Stuck employed traditional symbols of the underworld—a snake, a demon, and a flaming pit—the dissonant colors and stylized, exaggerated poses are strikingly modern. If you’re a fan of Auguste Rodin fan, you might notice that Stuck’s imagery was likely inspired by Rodin’s “The Gates of Hell,”particularly the figure of “The Thinker.” When “Inferno” debuted in an exhibition of contemporary German art at The Met in 1909, critics praised its "sovereign brutality." The picture bolstered Stuck’s reputation as a visionary artist unafraid to explore the dark side of the psyche. This one always spooks us—what do you think is the scariest work in The Met collection? 🎨 Franz von Stuck (German, 1863–1928). Inferno, 1908. Oil on canvas. On view in Gallery 829. @meteuropeanpaintings」11月1日 3時46分