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1、MuséedesBeauxArts(poem)FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaTheAudencollectionwherethepoemfirstappearedinbookformLandscapewiththeFallofIcarusintheMuséedesBeauxArts"MuséedesBeauxArts"(Frenchfor"MuseumofFineArts")isapoemwrittenby W.H.Auden inDecember1938whilehewasstayinginBrussels, Belgium wi
2、th ChristopherIsherwood.[1] Itwasfirstpublishedunderthetitle"Palaisdesbeauxarts"(PalaceofFineArts)intheSpring1939issueof NewWriting,a modernist magazineeditedby JohnLehmann.[2] ItnextappearedinthecollectedvolumeofverseAnotherTime (NewYork:RandomHouse,1940),whichwasfollowedfourmonthslate
3、rbytheEnglishedition(London:FaberandFaber,1940).[3] Thepoem'stitlederivesfromthe MuséesRoyauxdesBeaux-ArtsdeBelgique inBrussels,famousforitscollectionof EarlyNetherlandishpainting.AudenvisitedtheMuséeandwouldhaveseenanumberofworksbythe"OldMasters"ofhissecondline,includingPieterBruegelth
4、eElder (ca. 1525–1569).Contents [hide] ·1Synopsis·2Bruegel'sinfluence·3Culturallegacy·4References·5ExternallinksSynopsis[edit]Auden's freeverse poemisdividedintotwoparts,thefirstofwhichdescribesscenesof"suffering"and"dreadfulmartyrdom"whichrarelybreakintoourquotidianroutines:"Whilesome
5、oneelseiseatingoropeningawindoworjustwalkingdully/along."Thesecondhalfofthepoemrefers,throughthepoeticdeviceof ekphrasis,tothepainting LandscapewiththeFallofIcarus (ca. 1560s),atthetimethoughttobeby Bruegel,butnowusuallyregardedasanearlycopyofalostwork.Auden'sdescriptionallowsustovisual
6、isethisspecificmomentandinstanceoftheindifferenceoftheworldtosuffering,"howeverythingturnsaway/Quiteleisurelyfromthedisaster...thewhitelegsdisappearingintothegreen."Thedisasterinquestionisthefallof Icarus,causedbyhisflyingtooclosetothesunandmeltinghiswaxenwings.Audenachievesmuchinthepoe
7、m,notonlywithhislongandirregularlines,rhythms,andvernacularphrasing("dogsgoonwiththeirdoggylife"),butalsowiththisbalancebetweenwhatappeartobegeneralexamples"Aboutsuffering"andaspecificexampleofamythicalboy'sfallintothesea.Audenscholarsandarthistorianshavesuggestedthatthefirstpa
