評論
打印
Imagine the public plazas and the shady sanctuaries
想象一下在公共廣場和蔭蔽的圣所中
full of people in stone as well as people in flesh and blood.
石頭雕成的人像與四處走動的人一樣多
We begin to get the point of all this if we look at the art form
只要再看看另一種包含更多形體的藝術
that contained more bodies than any other.
我們就能更好地理解這一點
The red and black of Athenian ceramics.
紅黑配色的雅典陶器
These are some of the finest examples we have.
它們是我們手頭最好的例子
Made from around 600 BC,
約公元前600年
they were produced in luscious colours
它們經過復雜的多重燒制
using an intricate process of multiple firings.
得以呈現鮮艷的顏色
They were turned out in their millions.
這樣的陶器有數百萬個
And with almost every surface displaying pictures of people,
幾乎每一個表面都印著人的圖案
it was pottery
正是陶器
that made the human image ubiquitous across Athens.
讓人體形象流行于雅典
These are two of my very favourite Greek pots.
這兩個是我最喜歡的希臘陶罐
This is ordinary crockery,
這是普通的陶器
it's everyday homeware,
日常家用
the kind of thing you might have found on the kitchen shelf
你可以在任何一個雅典家庭的廚房架子上
in an Athenian house.
找到這種陶器
