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Right well the last year
去年左右
or so has seen a whole flurry of Leonardo attributions.
又有一陣新騷動,說找到了達芬奇的新作品
I think there was a back painting on the Child with St. Anne,
其中有一個是"圣母子與圣安妮"背面的草圖
and there was a Florence Terracotta that came up.
還有一個是佛羅倫斯赤土陶器
And I was wondering when you heard about La Bella Principessa was
我想知道,當(dāng)你第一次聽說"美麗的公主"這幅畫時
there something different that particularly struck you about it?
它是不是有什么與眾不同的地方特別打動你?
Well initially you get emails
一開始你會收到電郵
or letters saying "I have a new Leonardo,"
或者信說"我找到了一幅達芬奇的新畫"
or they've got some kind of new Leonardo secret.
或者說他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了達芬奇的新秘密
And I think "Ohhhh...don't for heaven's sake."
這時我會想"看在老天分上,別折騰了"
Since the dreaded Da Vinci Code I get them weekly at least,
自從《達芬奇密碼》出版以來,我至少一周收到一封
sometimes more than that.
有時不止這個數(shù)
So this is just one of many
所以這封電郵沒什么不同之處
when I received the initial email saying
我收到的第一封電郵上面說
"I have this,which I think is a new Leonardo portrait,"
"我有一幅畫,我覺得是達芬奇的作品"
I thought "Oh dear,
我當(dāng)時想"天啊
this is going to be another bout of painful correspondents."
又要我寫一輪痛苦的回信了"
But the digital file came through
但當(dāng)數(shù)碼圖像傳過來以后
and I thought "Oh it warrants looking at at least."
我想"至少值得看一下"
So that was the starting point that
所以就是從那時開始的
it wasn't simply something to be a polite reply saying no chance.
回信說"不可能"不太禮貌
Interviewer: What are some of the more radical suggestions
你聽說過哪些關(guān)于達芬奇某個作品的
that you've heard about particular Leonardo works?
比較極端的猜想
Oh one of the really funny ones from the people
那些我稱之為"達芬奇瘋子"的人
I call the Leonardo Loonies was that
有一個非常好笑的猜想
the Mona Lisa is a Titian of a Honduran princess.
他們說"蒙娜麗莎"是提香畫的一位洪都拉斯公主
And this comes with an enormous body of documentation
他們還拿出來大量的文獻
so it's absolutely extraordinary.
絕對像模像樣
They assemble these great fact portfolios proving
他們找來的一大推事實
absolutely nothing.
什么都證明不了
But Leonardo attracts lunatics to a degree
但達芬奇特別吸引瘋子
that no other figure does.
這是其他歷史人物所沒有的
Not Shakespeare,or Gurtar,or Dante,
沙士比亞沒有 Gurtar沒有,但丁沒有
or Newton or any of the great cultural figures.
牛頓沒有,任何偉大歷史人物都沒有
He's in a league of his own for sheer insanity.
所以在吸引瘋子這方面,他自成一格
