草原大火

1908

弗雷德里克·雷明頓是美國舊西部的終極編年史家，這幅1908年的作品在他去世前一年捕捉到了平原上原始而激烈的戲劇性場景。一群美洲原住民騎手及其馬匹被籠罩在夜間草原火災那詭異閃爍的火光中，營造出高度緊張的氛圍。其中一人跪下檢查燃燒的地面，其他人則騎在馬上觀望，他們的身影從深深的陰影中浮現。雷明頓是用光線講述故事的大師，他那粗糲而寫實的插圖基本上創造了我們至今仍在電影中看到的狂野西部的視覺語言。

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