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The artists you see on the screen here
大家在屏幕看到的藝術家
decorated sacred liturgical spaces
既能為神圣經堂
with decorous frescos and altar pieces
畫裝飾壁畫與祭壇畫
at the same time they were exploring in their drawings
同時，也能在自己的畫作中探討
more earthy subjects like fornication and pederasty
更為粗俗的話題，如通奸和雞奸
Marcantonio Raimondi
馬可安東尼奧·萊蒙蒂
Raphael's gifted engraver
拉斐爾手下頗具天分的版畫家
who produced that master's most brilliant pictorial inventions
他復刻了拉斐爾最杰出的一批作品
was also responsible for some of the most sexually
也創作過一些有史以來最具性意味
explicit and transgressive prints ever produced
最挑釁的作品
including the engraving on the right
包括右邊這幅版畫
known only today in a single impression
世存僅單色版本
we really wanted this for the show
我們真想讓這幅畫參展
but it was vetoed by the powers that be
卻遭到了當局的反對
Cesare da Sesto
切沙羅·達·謝思托
a talented follower of Leonardo Da Vinci from Milan
達芬奇手下的高徒，來自米蘭
who spent a number of years in Rome
他在羅馬待了許多年
drew standing saints next to copulating figures
他在同一頁..
on the same page on one of his
在一本寫生薄中的一頁紙上
The same page on the sheets from one of his sketchbooks
畫了幾位圣徒，旁邊就是一對正在性交的人
and the poet and curial secretary Francesco Berni
而身兼詩人和元老院秘書的弗朗西斯科·貝爾尼
a learned humanist
博學的人文學者
paid an ode to his urinal in rhapsodized verse
寫了一首關于雞奸樂趣的狂想詩
about the pleasures of sodomy
來歌頌他的尿壺
while the painter Benzino who was also a gifted poet
而身為畫家的本齊諾，也是杰出的詩人
found an erotic inspiration in his paint brush and frying pan
則在他的畫筆和煎鍋中找到了色情的靈感
I am going to say more about this dish later
關于這個盤子我待會在講
it is in the show and it is one of my favorite objects
它也是參展作品，也是我最愛的作品之一
if such innocuous objects
若說畫筆和煎鍋這類無傷大雅的東西
as a paint brush and a frying pan
作為藝術家的繆斯
strike a modern audience as dull muses
會讓現代觀眾覺得有些乏味
contemporaries conversant with the burlesque lexicon of the day
而今天，交談時自如運用粗俗言語的現代觀眾
would have immediately recognized
也立刻就能
the phallic and sodomitic references
從本齊諾詼諧的頌詞中
encoded in his witty encomia
認出陰莖和雞奸的隱語
in the Renaissance
文藝復興時期
as an antiquity with the theme of illicit carnal love
非法的肉欲之愛作為古典遺產的主題
thus provided an endless fountain of inspiration
成為了無盡的靈感之源
some of the images in question are unabashedly vulgar and lurid
某些展現荒淫場景的畫作
in their portrayal of licentious themes
是極其粗俗，露骨的
while others explore erotic subject matter with learned erudition
也有人帶著淵博的學問去探討性愛的主題
and informing many is a parrotic burlesque sensibility
而這大多數，都帶著一種學舌式的，滑稽的敏感
that mocks or satirizes with wit and humor
帶著才智和幽默
more intellectually elevated modes of literary
對一些嚴肅的文學體和藝術作品
discourse and artistic display
進行嘲笑，諷刺
regardless of the individual note
除了個人特色之外
each of these drawings, paintings, and objects strikes
這些素描，油畫和物體
what most have in common
大多數都有一個共同點
and this is a point to keep in mind
大家參觀這部分展覽時
when you are looking at the section of the exhibition
可要記住這一點了
is that they were made for private
共同點就是它們都是為私人創作的
rather than public consumption
而非公眾消費品
they were meant to be enjoyed by a privileged audience
它們是給特定觀眾觀賞的
be it a single individual or a select few
要么是一個人
gathered behind the protective walls of a villa
要么則是受權貴身份，藝術家
studio lore, or academy
學院身份保護的少數幸運兒
an exception here of course
當然這里有例外
is prints which were meant to be widely disseminated
即是那些本意即是廣泛傳播的版畫
and had the capacity to circulate scandalous imagery
它們有能力將淫穢的意象
to a vast and uncontrollable audience
散播給廣大，且難以掌控的受眾
and it is for this reason that
正因為此
they were frequent targets of censorship campaigns
它們通常都成為審查的目標
