Yin aski ga Rams

Zane-zanen Ramin wani zane ne da wani mai zane ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya Tom Roberts ya yi a shekarar 1890. Yana nuna masu aske tumaki suna sana'arsu a cikin wani rumfar aske itace. Zane-zanen da aka yi a matsayin na Australiya, bikin rayuwar makiyaya da aikinsu ne, musamman "ƙarfin aiki na maza", kuma ya fahimci rawar da masana'antar ulu ta taka a ci gaban ƙasar.

An bayyana Shearing the Rams a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin zane-zanen da aka fi sani kuma aka fi so a Ostiraliya, a matsayin "zanen da aka fi so a Ostiraliya " da kuma "babban tambarin tarihin fasahar Australiya".  Yana cikin tarin zane-zane na Australiya na National Gallery of Victoria, wanda aka gudanar a Cibiyar Ian Potter da ke Federation Square, Melbourne.

 Tsarin aiki 
Roberts ya yi zane-zanen zanensa a kan wani wurin askewa a abin da ake kira Killeneen, wani wuri a wajen tashar tumaki ta Brocklesby mai , kusa da Corowa a yankin Riverina na New South Wales .  Iyalan Anderson ne ke mallakar kadarar, dangin Roberts ne, waɗanda suka fara ziyartar tashar a shekarar 1886 don halartar bikin aure na iyali.  Bayan ya yanke shawarar askewa a matsayin batun zane, Roberts ya isa Brocklesby a bazara ta 1888, inda ya yi zane-zane kusan 70 ko 80 na "haske, yanayi, tumaki, maza da aikin" kafin ya koma tashar a lokacin askewa da zane mai zane.  An lura da aikin Roberts ta hanyar rahotannin cewa "yana sanye da riga mai launin shuɗi da fata ... yana ba da taɓawa ta ƙarshe ga hoto mai mai kimanin ƙafa 5 da ƙafa 4."

Masana tarihin fasaha sun taɓa tunanin cewa Roberts ya kammala yawancin zanen a ɗakin studio ɗinsa na Melbourne, ta amfani da zane-zanen da aka zana a lokacin da yake Brocklesby.[1] A shekara ta 2003, duk da haka, mai sukar fasaha kuma masanin tarihi Paul Johnson ya rubuta: "Tom Roberts ya yi shekaru biyu, a nan take, yana zana Shearing the Rams ". An bayyana sabbin shaidu a shekara ta 2006 waɗanda suka nuna cewa Roberts ya zana mafi yawan aikin a sararin samaniya a ɗakin yankewa da kansa.[1] A shekara ta 2006, Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Victoria (NGV) ya gudanar da binciken kimiyya na fenti da aka bari a kan wani katako da aka ceto daga ɗakin da ya lalace yanzu, inda aka yi tunanin cewa Roberts ya wanke gogansa. Binciken ya tabbatar da cewa fenti, a cikin launuka daban-daban, ya yi daidai da fentin da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin zanen. Babban mai kula da fasaha a NGV, Terence Lane, ya yi imanin cewa wannan shaida ce mai ƙarfi cewa an yi yawancin aikin a wurin: "A gare ni, wannan shaida ce ta tsawon lokaci da aka ɓata a cikin wannan wurin da aka yi wa ulu ... duk waɗannan alamun fenti da zaɓin launuka sun nuna cewa ya ɓatar da lokaci mai yawa a sararin samaniya ".[1]

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