評論
打印
A satiric mode with roots in the ancient author lucian
這種基于古作家琉善的諷刺模式
And epitomized in the Renaissance by the poet
在文藝復興時期由詩人弗朗西斯科·貝爾尼推崇
Francesco Berni's consumption of grotesque beauty
演變成為畸形美
and I will talk more about him in a bit
我過一會兒再講他
Giulio's composition is a sort of visual
朱里奧的作品是一種視覺
a witty jest in the spirit of the anecdotes of among others
以其他作家講的逸聞為題材，開了一種詼諧玩笑
Poggio Bracciolini and Niccolò Machiavelli
包括布拉喬里尼和馬基雅弗利在內
amusing tales involving unlikely lovers
都寫過有意思的一些故事，主人公
including old husbands and young wives
是非常不般配的愛人，老夫少妻這樣的
and of course leaving aside a literary parallels
將文學上的比喻拋開
the juxtaposition of his face with her rear end
畫中他的臉剛好跟她的屁股相鄰
a quintessential display of Giulio's lewd
這是朱里奧下流，而帶大學生氣質的
and rather sophomoric humor
情色幽默的精華
would always have been good for a laugh
總能惹人發笑
and here another detail
這里有另外一個細節
I just want to show Giulio's ceiling painting
我想展示一下朱里奧的天花板裝飾畫
of Apollo and his chariot
戰車上的阿波羅
most artists draw that, depict that from the side
大多數藝術家都是從側面來描繪的
he draws it so that you are looking straight up
但他是這樣畫的，大家一眼就能看見為什么
and they would have laughed too in the 16th century
16世紀的人看了也會發笑
Giulio's drawing is close in spirit and subject matter
朱里奧的畫作與他著名的一系列
to his designs for the notorious series of prints
版畫設計的精神和主旨相近
known as the Modi, which loosely translated
這系列名為 Modi 翻譯過來
means the ways or positions
大致意思是姿勢或體位
sixteen scenes of couples fornicating
夫妻性交的16個場景
these were engraved
拉斐爾的版畫匠萊蒙蒂
by Raphael's printmaker Marcantonio Raimondi
用鐫版印將這些印了下來
and I should say that no original images of these survived
應當說明，是這些版畫的原作都沒有了
they were censored
都被審查機關銷毀了
so we know the images through some fragments
因此我們只能通過一些殘片
and through some various later copies
以及日后的多個摹本
and reproductions of engraving and wood cuts
版畫復刻，木刻，來了解這些圖畫
and I am showing you just details of some of the cropped fragments
我給大家展示一些殘片細節
as well as the wood cut copies
以及木刻版畫細節
and a later set of images
后來的一組圖像
much later to still preserve the composition
已經很難再仍然保存著其構圖
Petro Aretino whose lewd sensibility lurks in these images
阿雷蒂諾對情色的敏感性不僅表現在圖畫中
authored a series of sixteen suitably
他還寫了一組十六首下流的十四行詩
lewd sonnets
與之相配
that were circulating in Rome
當時這些詩和版畫
at the same time as the prints
傳遍了羅馬
he almost certainly
幾乎可以肯定
had a part in the genesis of the Modi
Modi系列版畫的問世也有他的參與
one can in fact imagine him proposing
甚至可以想象是他向朱里奧
this inspired project to Giulio
建議了這個充滿靈感的項目
his friend from their heady youthful days
年輕任性的時代，他們在齊吉山莊
at the villa of Agostino Chigi
那時結成了友誼
the impressive variety of acrobatic poses
朱里奧筆下的人物展現出各種各樣
that Giulio's figures display
令人驚奇的
vareata or variety was among vareata
特技姿勢多樣
the most prized artistic virtues in this period
是當時最受推崇的藝術品德之一
that range of poses is echoed in the recitation of sexual positions
阿雷蒂諾筆下的娜娜也詳述過種種性愛體位
offered by Aretino's Nana
亦體現了姿勢的多樣性
one likes his meat rear and another likes it well done
有人吃肉喜歡生一點，有人則喜歡烹飪到全熟
and they come up with the horizontal shuffle
體位多種多樣，有平臥式
legs in the air
腿懸空式
side saddle
側鞍式
the crane
吊車式
the tortoise
烏龜式
the church steeple
教堂尖塔式
the relay
接力式
the grazing sheep
羊吃草式
and other postures stranger than the gestures of a mime
還有的姿勢比默劇更奇特
