Silhouette, É.de (English spelling) SilhouetteEde

Japanese: Silhouette,É.de(英語表記)SilhouetteEde
Silhouette, É.de (English spelling) SilhouetteEde

…A general term for monochrome paintings, usually with a clear outline in black on a white background, and in the narrow sense, monochrome profile portraits. This style of portrait is a simple and inexpensive work made by copying the shadow cast by a person's profile in strong light onto a piece of paper, often by reducing it mechanically. It was popular throughout Europe from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. This was due in part to the fact that the physiognomist Larvater used it to illustrate his Treatise on Physiognomy, as the ability to capture a profile view using simple contour lines suited the neoclassical tastes of the time.

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Japanese:

…通常白地に黒でくっきりした輪郭の図を表した単色画の総称で,狭義にはその中の単色プロフィル肖像画をさす。この形式の肖像画は,強い光を受けた人物の横顔が紙面に投ずる影を写しとり,しばしば機械的手段で縮小して作られる簡単,安価なもので,18世紀半ばから19世紀半ばにかけてヨーロッパ中で流行をみた。それには,簡潔な輪郭線による側面観の把握が時代の新古典主義的趣味にかない,人相学者ラーファターが《人相学論考》の図解に用いたことも手伝っている。…

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