femme fatale (English spelling) femmefatale

Japanese: femme fatale(英語表記)femmefatale
femme fatale (English spelling) femmefatale

...A huge repository of aesthetic images was realized, and the fin de siècle was equivalent to the arrival of the age of technological reproduction, and it can be said that the world entered the culture of copying for the first time at this time. At the same time, it should not be forgotten that fin de siècle art, along with literature, borrowed mythological images to use the concept of women as femme fatales (women of destiny) as a motif, and attempted to depict themes of eroticism, sexual love, and sin using symbolic techniques. This was in opposition to the hypocritical civic morality that had closely followed the formation of 19th century bourgeois society. ...

From [Mermaid]

...The image of mermaids as temptresses was also expressed by EC Burne-Jones, F. von Stuck, G. Klimt, and others from the late 19th century to the 20th century. In these works, they are depicted as femme fatales (women of destiny) who bring about the downfall of men. (2) Male mermaids = mermen In addition to being depicted as sea gods such as Triton and Poseidon (Neptune), they are also depicted as sea-monks and sea-bishops, which probably originated from Scandinavian seal legends. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "femme fatale" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…膨大な美的イメージの貯蔵庫が実現したわけで,世紀末は複製技術時代の到来にひとしく,このとき世界は初めてコピー文化に立ち入ったとみなせるのである。とともに世紀末の芸術が文学ともども,神話的なイメージを借りてファム・ファタルfemme fatale(宿命の女)としての女性観をモティーフとし,エロスの表象,性愛や堕罪のテーマを象徴主義の手法で描き出そうとしたことを忘れてはならない。それは19世紀ブルジョア社会の形成につかず離れず従ってきた偽善的な市民モラルと対立する。…

【人魚】より

…このような誘惑者としての人魚像は,19世紀末から20世紀にかけ,E.C.バーン・ジョーンズやF.vonシュトゥックやG.クリムトらによっても表現されている。そこでは彼女たちは,男を破滅させる〈ファム・ファタルfemme fatale(宿命の女)〉である。(2)男の人魚=マーマンmerman トリトンやポセイドン(ネプトゥヌス)のような海の神族として描かれるほか,おそらくスカンジナビアのアザラシ伝説から生じたらしい〈海の修道士sea‐monk〉や〈海の司教sea‐bishop〉の姿でも図像化される。…

※「femme fatale」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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