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Gorgeous colours, sensational, sensuous brushwork,
艷麗的色彩 帶來感官刺激的筆觸
having fun with the brush,
用筆刷玩花樣
even if you're doing it in fresco rather than oils.
即使你是在畫壁畫而非油畫
And you turn round and you've got an extraordinary sense
而你一轉身,就能強烈地感受到
of the place still being inhabited
這里仍是有人居住的
because we've also got people down at our level,
因為我們能在水平視線所及之處看到人
people coming at you, behind you - hello!
有人來了 在你后面 你好
Here's our friend coming through a door which isn't quite a door,
我們有朋友從門里出來了 是門也非門
and you realise the whole place is alive with mischief.
而你發現這整個地方變得頑皮有生氣了
But though the columns and the vistas
不過 雖然圓柱之間鑲嵌的圖景
they frame are eye-teasing fakes,the mind-set is real enough.
是視覺欺騙,它也看上去足夠逼真了
Happy, horsey comings and goings.
人來人往 車馬不歇
An avenue of graceful trees,
一條林蔭大道
the unhurried pleasures of a country house weekend.
悠哉愉快的鄉村別墅周末
Villa Barbaro, with its frescoes,
巴巴羅別墅和它的壁畫
is a perfect slice of Renaissance escapism,
是文藝復興時期避世主義的絕佳例子
a blend of the serious and the witty,
融合了嚴肅與詼諧
created at a moment when, in the countryside beyond,
它出現時 鄉村之外正面臨著
there were harvest failures and peasant riots.
歉收與農民暴動
And the once-great Venetian Republic
曾經輝煌的威尼斯共和國
was in retreat from the Ottoman Turks.
正因奧斯曼土耳其人的進攻節節敗退
But, here at Villa Barbaro,it was always spring or summer.
但是 在這巴巴羅別墅里始終春夏常駐
The grapes would always be ripening,
葡萄一直成熟
the lutes would always be playing.
魯特琴的演奏也不停歇
Daniele and Andrea Palladio
達尼埃萊和安德烈亞.帕拉第奧
would go for long, philosophical walks,
會淡定地長途漫步
and the great entertainer Paolo Veronese could take a break
而偉大的畫家保羅.委羅內塞也會休息一下
and shoot a pheasant or two,his dog trotting at his heels.
射一兩只野雞, 還有他的狗在腳邊轉悠
His landscapes on the walls were dreamscapes,
他畫在墻上的風景如夢似幻
and you could stare and stare and stare at them
你能一直一直盯著他們看
and feel warm inside forever.
一直感受著其中的溫暖
As landscape painting came off the walls,
當風景畫不再掛在墻上
it turned its back on the bucolic dreamworld.
它也就不再是鄉村田園的夢境了
And it happened in a place which couldn't be more different
而這種變化發生的地方完全不同于
from the glowing, sunlit stone of the villas of the Veneto.
威尼托別墅上被陽光照得閃閃發光的石頭
