This is the figure of Ramesses II, 这是拉美西斯二世 who ruled Egypt around 1200 BC. 他于公元前1200年左右统治埃及 He was the pharaoh who invested more in his image than any other. 他是有史以来建造自己雕像最多的法老...
And that's definitely the message 而它们也告诉了我们 of what happened just a few years after the Emperor's death. 皇帝驾崩后几年都发生了什么 Because the famous Terracotta Army that we see 因为如今闻名遐迩的秦始皇兵马...
There's not much more than a handful of different eyebrow types 例如 只有几种不同的眉形 or different moustache types, for example. 和不同的胡须形状 They're a very standardised, institutionalised version 他们的个体特征 of ind...
But it's not just the scale that's impressive - 但它不只是规模让人印象深刻 it's the detail, too. 细节也是一样 Up close, you can see 近距离观察 你会看到 the individual plates and rivets of their armour. 每个人盔甲上的片...
It's a menacing sight, 这场景气势汹汹 this grey, ghostly remnant of an army, 这灰色鬼魅的军队遗迹 rows and rows of life-sized terracotta soldiers. 一排排真人大小的兵马俑 These figures represent the Imperial Guard of the Em...
Currency, weights and measures, taxes, roads and transport. 货币 度量衡 赋税 道路和交通 They were sweeping reforms 都经历了彻底的变革 and he left his mark on all aspects of Chinese life. 他的印记在中国社会中无处不在...
These portraits, then, are not just memorials - 这些肖像不仅仅是纪念品 they're attempts 它们是为了尝试 to keep the presence of the dead among the living 把逝者永远留在生者中间 and to blur the boundary between this world a...
When Romans thought about 当罗马人思考 where the impulse to portraiture came from - 他们绘制肖像的冲动从何而来 even the impulse to painting as a whole - 甚至说绘画的冲动是从何而来的时候 they had a very vivid story t...
His mummy is a wonderful amalgam 他的木乃伊完美融合了 of the traditions of Egypt, of Greece and of Rome. 埃及 希腊 罗马三国的传统 On the casing, you can see typically Egyptian scenes - 在外壳上 你能看到典型埃及风情的...
Phrasikleia faces death in the most forthright way, 佛雷斯科莱以最直率的方式面对死亡 resolutely refusing to be forgotten. 坚决拒绝被遗忘 But can an image of a person ever fix time, 但是一个人的肖像到底能不能改变时...
