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And one of the best places to do that is ancient Greece -
古希臘就是最好的例子之一
in particular, the city of Athens from around 700 BC.
具體點說就是約公元前700年的雅典城
Never much more than a small town in our terms,
在我們看來它只是個小城鎮
it was a place where you could find
但你卻能發現
people of different classes and backgrounds cheek by jowl
不同階級不同背景的人們共同生活于
in a grand experiment in urban living.
一場城市生活的大型實驗中
And one of the most distinctive things about Athenian culture
雅典文化最突出的特征之一
was an intense focus on the youthful, athletic body.
就是格外關注年輕健美的身材
This body was a symbol of political and moral virtue.
這種身材是政治和道義美德的象征
And Athens became a whole city of images
而雅典逐漸變成了
devoted to the human form.
追求人體形象的城市
Greek art almost never means landscape.
希臘藝術幾乎不關心風景
It almost never means still life.
也幾乎不關心靜物
Greek art means
希臘藝術關心的是
statues and drawings, paintings and models of human beings.
人類雕像 素描 油畫和模型
These images were everywhere.
這些形象到處都是
They were out in the world playing their part.
他們在世界上有著重要的地位
