評論
打印
We can walk into rooms like this one
我們走進像這樣的房間
which preserve the 19th century style of museum presentation -
它依舊保留著十九世紀博物館的展覽風格
abundance.
內容豐富
And as we wander through case after case,
我們走過一個個展柜
not just of minute fashioning tools,
不僅有精細的加工工具
but ivory and bone,
還有象牙和骨頭
decorated with startling images of birds and horses,
上面裝飾著令人震撼的鳥和馬的圖案
we can't avoid pushing back instinctively
我們不可避免地本能地反對
against the received wisdom of the scholars
學者們公認的見解
that none of these things should ever be thought of as art.
即所有這些都不能被稱作藝術
For me, the last word in this entire debate
對我來說 整個辯論的定論
belongs to one tiny ancient piece in particular...
取決于一個很小的古代作品
La Dame de Brassempouy.
《布拉桑普伊女士》
The lady of Brassempouy,
《布拉桑普伊女士》于1892年
found in a cave in south-west France in 1892.
在法國西南部的一個洞穴中發現
She's between
她約有
22,000 and 25,000 years old.
兩萬兩千到兩萬五千年的歷史
