On The Historical Evolution Of The Image Of Salome In Western Painting

As a classic in the derived from the bible stories and mysterious female images,Salome has long attracted many artists of different times, they are as a subject for art. Salome became a classic artistic image on the western painting today, she’s formation and evolution experienced a very long and wonderful process. At first, Salome is an anonymous in the bible, as the daughter of herodias she was in a. She later as a foil preach Christianity, and John the Baptist in pursuit of the spirit of truth heroic martyrdom marginal figures, with innocent ignorance of pure girl figure appeared in a variety of medieval manuscripts in the gospels. When the Renaissance movement after arrival, Salome is the beauty of the female characters in all kinds of portraits, although different painters have different performance, but overall speaking at this stage she has the characteristics of human nature leaves, and gradually have some is vivid, flexible personality characteristics, the religious atmosphere blurred picture. In the 19th century, the painter’s Salome formed the very distinctive, personal image characteristics of representative. In different times, Salome is always fresh meaning, experienced visual art that thousands of years of evolution, numerous artists is the result of a joint efforts and creation, Salome this artistic image, overturns original allusions make the original image, thin, flat characters get plump, stereo. Artists in different historical stages, influenced by different cultural and artistic ideas, to create the Salome have distinguishing feature each, the slow process is not only a single art image of evolution and development from one side also witnessed the development of western art history.This article through to the Salome enduring artistic image in one thousand to experienced the evolution process of combing and comparison, combining with the historical and cultural background, tries to explore the important of cultural significance and value.Full removal of the introduction is divided into four chapters, the contents of the first chapter mainly explore the prototype of Salome artistic image contrast religious stories with historical facts, the artistic image, origin of trying to restore the character’s true historical and cultural background; The second chapter describes the Salome image in the field of painting since one thousand and the reason for the change of change, in one thousand, in different historical stages, different environment and a wave of literature and art is how to influence the evolution and formation of Salome image. Synoptically introduced from the west in ancient times the 6th century until the 18th century baroque Salome’s image in the works of art, the key of the 19th century were introduced in detail, the development of image to the peak in the painting performance, introduces how she from a unknown princess turned into a pure evil of beauty of personality is distinct, of which the Steve morrow, a few vice related content of the works as an example to compare detailed analysis; The third chapter combines the narrative of the previous chapters to reveal the artists hope that through this one theme to express the connotation, further explore Salome artistic image contained in the cultural significance; The fourth chapter to summarize the full text, reveal the begins in a nameless princess in story of ancient after artists of weaving together, become a kind of special complex, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Salome image is an enduring myth in the field of art.