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So your marriage you've gotten your gifts
這樣一來，結(jié)婚禮物有了
You are moving into your home and then
裝飾完畢的新家有了
maybe you would have your portrait painted
然后或許還缺的是一幅肖像畫
We have a gallery of notarial portraits
我們有一個專門展出肖像畫的展館
but we've been very careful to let people know
但是我們也提醒大家
that they didn't have to be painted at the moment of marriage
這些肖像畫不一定是在結(jié)婚典禮上畫的
They were painted to commemorate something about the couple
它們只是用來紀(jì)念關(guān)于這對夫婦的事情
and this is a particularly beautiful and complex one by Lorenzo Lotto
這幅畫是出自洛倫佐·洛托的一幅非常美麗而復(fù)雜的肖像畫
so the same artist too painted our Venus and Cupid
這個作者也畫了《維納斯與丘比特》那幅畫
And this shows a couple from that city of Badigmore in northern Italy
這幅畫展示了一對來自意大利北部城市的夫妻
and you can see that they are literally physically linked together
我們能看見他們是有肢體接觸的
their arms around each other and then they also formed this
他們的手臂環(huán)繞著對方
beautiful figure eight through across the picture plain
在畫面上形成了一個漂亮的8字型
linking them together
將他們相互連接了起來
They look a little somber and he's holding up a paper that says
他們看起來有點(diǎn)嚴(yán)肅，同時新郎手持一張寫著
"HOMO NUM QUAM" and pointing at a squirrel
“HOMO NUM QUAM”的紙并指著一只松鼠
It's been a lot of discussion about what maybe going on in this picture
關(guān)于這幅畫中發(fā)生著什么有很多討論
But it is most likely that the inscription is a conflation of
但是最可能的是這個銘文是一種異文合并
some of the lines from the church's wedding ritual like
是從教堂的婚禮儀式上摘錄的句子
we still say "What God has joined together let no man put asunder"
比如“神配合的人不可分開”
And the squirrel in the medieval and Renaissance period
同時松鼠在中世紀(jì)及文藝復(fù)興時期
was generally considered to be an animal that could
通常被認(rèn)為代表著
take refugee during storms and we think of that even now
在暴風(fēng)雨中尋求庇護(hù)的動物
that squirrel has its nest in which it can hide during the winter storm
甚至現(xiàn)在的松鼠仍然在冬天躲在洞穴里躲過風(fēng)雪
And as you see in the little landscape on the left hand side
從畫中左邊的窗口可以看到一點(diǎn)風(fēng)景
It's a stormy time
這是個暴風(fēng)時節(jié)
These clouds are scudding across the sky
烏云在天空聚攏
The trees are bending
樹被風(fēng)吹彎
And this is probably their private or most secret declaration
這很可能暗示著這對夫妻彼此承諾
that they will shelter each other during life's storms
他們將在未來的生活中為彼此遮風(fēng)擋雨
So very personal and very psychological
因此這是非常私人的心理活動的體現(xiàn)
which is what an aspect that Lotto brings to all of his works
這也是洛托在他所有作品中體現(xiàn)的角度
