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So powerfully elemental they seemed to speak directly
這些元素是如此醒目 現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)家們
to modern artists when they first saw them.
第一眼見(jiàn)到它們 就讀懂了其中的含義
The most self-consciously modern of them all, Picasso,
其中最具有現(xiàn)代意識(shí)的那位 畢加索
told a friend that no sculptor had ever bettered
曾告訴一個(gè)朋友 沒(méi)有雕塑家可以超越
the Palaeolithic carvers.
舊石器時(shí)代的雕刻家們
He bought a copy of this one, Venus of Lespugue,
他購(gòu)買(mǎi)了這尊《萊斯皮蓋的維納斯》的一個(gè)復(fù)制品
and kept it in his studio all his life.
并終生把它保存在畫(huà)室中
Was he touched by its archaic spirituality?
他是被它古老的靈性所觸動(dòng)了嗎
No.
不是
He was earthly and worldly,
他是一個(gè)凡俗之人
but he felt a deep communion with the makers of a physical art.
卻與這藝術(shù)品的制作者有著深深的共鳴
And there were traces of that communion elsewhere in his work.
這一共鳴在他的作品里也有跡可循
Despite rumours, there's no direct evidence
雖然并未有證據(jù)證實(shí)
that Picasso ever visited the painted caves of Altamira
但據(jù)稱(chēng)畢加索曾去過(guò)阿爾塔米拉洞
or saw in person the extraordinary painted bison
并親眼見(jiàn)過(guò)巖洞里
that those caves contained.
非凡的野牛壁畫(huà)
