The Rest——

When Charles I had it commissioned of himself, this was saying, "Here I am, Monarch/God. "All powerful." In reality, he was small and bandy, wasn't he?

Yes. Unimpressive, distinctly unimpressive, but what you pay an artist for is to make something recognisably your image, but a lot better. And in this case, the techniques are a low viewpoint, an action shot, so that it looks as if it's punching a hole in the wall and creating this dramatic effect that Charles I, looking like an emperor, is thundering into the room on a charger. Which really, I think, suggests the painting more as an act of propaganda drama than as a nice elegant composition within a frame.

 

 

 翻译：

结果皇宫成了优雅的牧师住宅，观察家称之为平淡，过时但正派，但内部与现在的皇宫无异。乔治三世的皇家艺术收藏挂满了整面墙壁。其中最令人印象深刻的是安东尼·凡·戴克的巨幅画作——查理一世。这是一位与乔治三世截然不同的国王。查理一世当国王的时候，曾经宣称“君权神授”“国王掌握一切权力”。事实上，他很矮小，而且双膝向外弯曲，是吧？

对，极其平淡无奇，但画家要突出一些东西使国王看起来与众不同，所以绘画时就采用了很多技巧。比如，低角度以及动态表现，所以看起来棱角分明，画作上的人物也有了非凡的效果。国王骑着马，看上去威风凛凛。但是我想，这只是戏剧的宣传，而不是一幅优雅的作品。