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What are some things about the picture
這幅畫有什么地方
that are specifically characteristic of Leonardo?
是特別有達芬奇個人特色的?
The elements of the handling by Leonardo
達芬奇的作畫方式
are very characteristic.
是非常有個人特色的
First of all he's left handed
首先他是左撇子
but that doesn't mean he's the only left handed artist.
但這并不代表他是唯一一個左撇子畫家
But he developed a very characteristic way of shading.
但他自己發明了一種很特別的畫影線方法
Very close parallel hatching done left handed.
用左手畫的排列緊密的平行影線
None of his circle do that
在他的圈子里沒有人這么畫
they do it right handed as you might think
他們都是用右手畫的
and not do it as well as he does.
而且畫得沒他那么好
And he developed this system of shading particularly
他發明了這種影線畫法 尤其是
for a series of skull drawings which he did in 1489.
1489年他畫一系列頭骨時
And he wanted to get the specimen to stand out from the paper
他想讓那些標本在紙上有一種立體感
so he went down to the edge
所以他從線條邊緣開始
on the image with this left handed shading and that's exactly
用左手畫出這些影線 這也正是
what he does here to make her profile come out of the paper.
他畫這個側面時用到的方法 使她的臉躍然于紙上
Now this was executed on vellum I understand,
我知道這幅畫是畫在皮紙上的
so that's something usually used in codex or a book production.
這種材質通常是用于古抄本或者書
Did you find anything referencing that in Leonardo's notebooks?
你有沒有在達芬奇的筆記中找到與此有關的記載?
Well
是的
initially when Leona said it's on vellum in ink and
一開始當Leona告訴我它是用水墨和彩色粉筆
coloured chalks I thought that counts against him being Leonardo
畫在皮紙上時 我想這不是達芬奇的作風
as we didn't know he did this.
因為我們沒見過他哪幅畫是這樣畫的
But then you start to do research and bits of documentation
但我們開始做研究 有一些文獻
that you haven't really taken much notice of
是我們之前沒有注意過的
before suddenly become relevant.
但這時突然變得相關了
And in rather a famous document called the Linyi Memorandum
在一個很著名叫"Linyi備忘錄"的文獻中
which Leonardo wrote to a French General
這是達芬奇寫給一個法國將軍的
as a little memorandum to himself saying
提醒他的備忘錄 里面寫著
"Get from Jean de Paris the method of dry colouring."
"從巴黎的Jean那里找來干法染色的方法"
He talks about Jean's box of pigments,
他說到Jean的顏料盒
he talks about how do you get double and single sheets
他說到要怎樣拿到雙層的和單層的紙
which is cutting vellum out of a irregular shaped skin.
從不規則的動物皮上割下皮紙
And this Jean is Jean de Paris,
這個巴黎的Jean
Jean Perreal who was with the invading French Kings
就是Jean Perreal 他和法國國王一起入侵米蘭
and we know Leonardo knew him and there are other references
我們知道達芬奇認識他 這有幾個記載可以證明
so suddenly this odd medium
所以這種古老的材質
which you think well Leonardo didn't do that.
我們以為達芬奇不會用它來畫畫
Once you start looking for vellum for drawing on animal skin,
但一旦你開始在他的筆記中尋找
in his notebooks you find that
皮紙 用動物皮來畫畫 你就會發現
he's talking about this at exactly the right time.
他說這個想法的時間正好吻合
