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Ancient and modern Rome
不管是古代羅馬還是現代羅馬
Raphael, Giulio Romano
不管是拉斐爾，朱里奧·羅馬諾
Giovanni da Udine, Petro Aretino
喬瓦尼·達·烏迪內，還是彼得·阿雷蒂諾
mistresses and courtesans
情婦和交際花
humanists and poets
人文學者和詩人
lascivious satyrs and amorous gods
發情的森林之神還是多情的諸神
pleasant gatherings
博學而又有趣的
with learned and amusing friends
朋友開心地聚集在一起
salacious images intended for private rather than public consumption
色情圖像是為了滿足私人需求而非在于公眾消費
the profane poetry of classical antiquities
古典時代的世俗詩詞
refined erudition
精妙的剝削
ilicit love and carnal pleasure
非婚之愛，肉欲之歡
abundant wit embodied humor
都充滿著機智幽默
erotic puns and metaphors
情色雙關語和隱喻
with the particular preference for birds, fruits, vegetables, and gardens
尤其偏愛用鳥，水果，蔬菜和花園的意象
in microcosm at the Villa Farnesina
法爾內西納山莊這個微型世界中
is the matrix of personalities and themes
就囊括了各種名人與題材
that defined the profane culture of the Renaissance
這些都形成了文藝復興時期世俗文化的典型特征
I have already said that in Renaissance Rome
我說過，文藝復興時期的羅馬
an erotic image was by and large restricted to a privileged audience
情色圖像大多只限少數特權觀眾
and viewed and enjoyed in a private closed space
在私密，封閉的空間里觀賞
one such space was “Stufetta” or bath
這樣的空間一種，斯圖法塔，或者浴室
a private sanctuary self-evidently intended for a selected few
一種只對少數人開放的私人神圣領域
few sixteenth century Roman “stufetta” survive
很少有16世紀的羅馬浴室能幸存至今的
but the two most important ones that do still exist
但其中兩座最重要的確實保存了下來
commissioned by a pope and a cardinal
分別是羅馬教皇和紅衣主教下令修建
and both decorated by Raphael's pupils
兩座都是拉斐爾的門徒布置的
both house such decoration
兩座都有這樣的裝飾
on the right the Stufetta of Pope Clement the 7th
右邊是圣天使堡中
in Castello di Sant Angelo
教宗克里蒙七世的浴室
decorated in probably around the year 1524
大概于1524年作畫完成
In the light evocation of the ancient worlds
這稍稍帶有古典風格
these decorations by Giovanni da Udine
烏迪內作的裝飾畫中
show the thrones of the Olympian deities
奧林匹斯山眾神
littered with their discarded clothing and attributes
脫下衣物，拋下神的矜持
so I should say this is in very poor condition unfortunately
很不幸地，建筑物的狀況確實很糟糕
it is really a ghost of its former self
跟它的舊日風貌完全是兩回事
but I just had to show it anyway
但我還是得把它展示給大家看
coy rather than salacious this witty conceit suggests that
這種詼諧的幻想，與其說淫穢，不如說羞澀
the gods and goddesses have undressed
男神和女神們脫下衣物
and descended nude into the papal bath
走下來，跨入教宗的浴室
the upper walls are embellished with four scenes featuring
上方墻上則有四幅場景
a voluptuous Venus, goddess of love
均為形態撩人的愛神維納斯
these narratives are called from Ovid
這些故事出自古羅馬詩人奧維德
the same ancient literary source
同樣的古典文學資源
that provided the subject matter
也為另一座浴室提供了繪畫主題
for the most important surviving Renaissance “stufetta”
左圖是文藝復興時期的重要浴室遺址
that of Cardinal Bernado Bibbiena in the Vatican on the left
梵蒂岡紅衣主教伯納德·比比安那的私人浴室
and a detail of one of the narratives as reproduced in a print
右邊是來自拉斐爾工作室一幅印刷圖案
from Raphael's workshop on the right
摹本中的一個細節
it's now damaged frescos
這幅壁畫現在已經殘損了
the work of Raphael's pupils
拉斐爾門徒的作品
principally Giulio Romano are more provocative
主要是朱里奧·羅馬諾的作品，則更具挑逗性
in their betrayal of the nude Venus in a variety of alluring poses
畫中裸體維納斯擺出各種誘人的姿勢
such as that on the right
比如右邊這幅
would not such imagery have been a source of agitation
這類意象必然會讓一位單身男子
for a celibate
坐立不安
not to mention indecorous for a location
更不用說在神圣的梵蒂岡境內
within the sacred precinct of the Vatican
有多么不得體了
