One to which we are often blind. 其中有一点是我们经常忽视的 Inherited by Ancient Rome, rekindled in the European Renaissance, 由古罗马继承 重燃于文艺复兴 faith in the Greek version of realism persisted through time. 希腊现实...
But, in fact, it wasn't just the nakedness - 实际也不仅仅是因为裸露 this Aphrodite broke the mould in a decidedly erotic way. 而是阿佛洛狄忒破格地具有诱惑性的姿态 Just look at her hands. 看看她的双手吧 Are they mod...
In fact, if you try to look them in the eye, 其实 要是你直视他们的眼睛 many of them coyly avoid your gaze. 多数都会羞怯地回避你的凝视 And many of them, 还有许多 like The Boxer, seem lost in their own world. 像拳击手这样...
What makes the boxer so impressive 让这名拳击手如此令人印象深刻的 isn't just the extraordinary technique. 不仅仅是这精湛的技艺 It's the point the piece is making. 而是这件作品的制作初衷 The artist has used the desc...
Forever lying here in repose, 他长眠于此 he's a remnant of the style 成了希腊人很快就放弃的 that the Greeks were soon to leave behind. 雕刻风格的沧海遗珠 Because shortly after he'd been abandoned, 因为就在他被遗弃后不...
Forever lying here in repose, 他长眠于此 he's a remnant of the style 成了希腊人很快就放弃的 that the Greeks were soon to leave behind. 雕刻风格的沧海遗珠 Because shortly after he'd been abandoned, 因为就在他被遗弃后不...
As you can see, it was going to be 我们可以看到 它本该是 one of those massive, static early Greek sculptures. 一尊庞大 静态的早期希腊雕像 Here are his feet. 这是他的脚 And I'm now walking up past his legs. 现在我沿着他...
Monumental images of pharaohs, 高耸入云的法老像 commissioned by pharaohs themselves in vast numbers, 由法老们自己下令大量建造 played their part in convincing the pharaoh 它们的意义在于让法老 of his own pharaonic power. 对...
Some think they were aimed at powerful elites 有些人认为它们是为掌权的精英阶层而建的 to remind them who was boss. 用来提醒他们谁才是统治者 Others think they were aimed at the all-seeing eye of the gods. 其他人认为它...
And it's impossible not to think 我们不可能否认 that when people walked past here 3,500 years ago 三千五百年前 当人们经过这里的时候 that they, too, would have got 他们也理解了 what the message was intended to be. 这些雕像...
