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With this intensively carved female head,
這個雕刻精細的女性頭部雕像
we have, for the first time,
標志著我們第一個
something immensely and movingly momentous.
極為重要令人激動的發(fā)現(xiàn)
We have the revelation of the human face.
我們創(chuàng)作出了人類的面孔
It's a tiny thing, it can
就這樣一個小小的作品
just go in the palm of your hand.
能放在你的掌心
This is exquisite.
非常精致
There are downward strokes and sideward strokes
有向下的刻痕 也有橫向的刻痕
there is carving and gouging and polishing and scraping.
刻 鑿 磨 刮
Every kind of extraordinary craft is applied
各種非凡工藝的運用
to give this face what we have to say is its personality.
使這面龐展現(xiàn)出我們所說的個性
One example,
舉個例子
a dig is made below the forehead
額頭下面有個凹陷
to suggest the presence of eyes.
代表了眼睛
Those eyes are hauntingly vivid.
這對眼睛生動形象 難以忘懷
They only become eyes when a shadow falls over
只有當那道刻痕處于陰影中時
that passage in the head.
眼睛才顯現(xiàn)
So this little piece would have been turned into the light
所以這件小藝術(shù)品必須面朝光線
and as it was turned into the light, the shadow would have fallen
當它面朝光線時 陰影落下
and suddenly we have eyes as well as that beautiful nose
突然間我們就看到了眼睛還有那漂亮的鼻子
and this extraordinary hair falling down the nape of the neck.
美麗的頭發(fā)落在頸后
