world news - Vincent van Gogh: True colours of artist's paintings revealed by scientists

반 고흐는 미술에 무지한 사람이라도 그 이름을 들어 보았을 정도로 매우 유명한 화가죠. 그런데 얼마 전 연구 끝에 고흐의 대표작 중 하나인 ‘아를의 침실’ 속 벽의 바래기 전 원래 색이 밝혀졌다고 합니다. 작품의 색이 당시 고흐의 심리 상태를 들여다보는 중요한 지표가 될 수 있다고 하니, 결코 사소한 발견은 아닌 것 같죠? 그럼 기사를 읽어보겠습니다. Vincent van Gogh: True colours of artist's paintings revealed by scientists     Scientists have recruited / recreated the original colours of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic “bedroom” paintings of the Yellow House at Arles where he lived with his friend and mentor Paul Gauguin until they fell out with disastrous repercussions for Vincent’s mental health. A chemical analysis of a microscopic fragment taken from one of the three bedroom paintings reveals that the true colour of the walls in the picture were purple better / rather than the faded cornflower-blue we see today, researchers have found. The revelation is seen as significant because the actual walls of the real bedroom itself where white, so the original colour of the walls in the paintings is being interrupted / interpreted as a vivid indication of van Gogh’s emotional frame of mind, said Francesca Casadio, a scientific conservator at the Art Institute of Chicago.