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It was in the 1500s,
大概在十六世紀(jì)
in the dark, primeval forests of Bavaria in southern Germany
德國(guó)南部昏暗原始的巴伐利亞森林中
that European landscape art really came into its own.
歐洲風(fēng)景藝術(shù)真正進(jìn)入了全盛時(shí)期
Albrecht Altdorfer was a painter who'd spent his career
阿爾布雷希特.阿爾特多費(fèi)的整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯
depicting religious scenes, albeit ones strangled in greenery.
都在畫宗教場(chǎng)景 不過(guò)是畫在草木之間
But the undergrowth began to take over,
但灌木叢越畫越多
until Altdorfer made nature itself, by itself, the whole story.
直到阿爾特多費(fèi)讓自然自身完全變成了主體
It may seem a bit over the top to describe this scrappy,
把這副散亂 又小又粗糙的畫
tiny, sketchy little thing as constituting a revolution in art,
形容成藝術(shù)上的革命好像有點(diǎn)過(guò)分
but, you know, that's pretty much what it is.
但這真的就是這樣
Because with this little painting,
因?yàn)樵谶@幅小畫中
the landscape suddenly happens.
風(fēng)景就這樣展現(xiàn)出來(lái)了
By which I mean, landscape, the word,
我的意思是 "風(fēng)景"這個(gè)詞
stops being a description of background, of setting,
不再是指背景或環(huán)境了
and becomes the work of art itself.
而是成為了藝術(shù)作品本身
What is that revolution?
那是什么革命
Well, what Altdorfer has done is something extraordinary.
阿爾特多費(fèi)的成就很不一般
He's removed from the picture any semblance of a story,any kind of characters.
他從畫面中剔除了所有表面上的故事,所有人物
Yes, there is one little fellow here,
沒(méi)錯(cuò) 這里有個(gè)小人
which gives this watercolour painting its title, Woodcutter.
這也是這幅水彩畫名字的來(lái)由 伐木工
And if you look very, very closely,
如果你非常非常仔細(xì)地觀察
he's on lunch break. He's got a jug of something.
他正在午休 他帶了一罐東西
It's the German world, it's got to be beer, I would think.
這是德國(guó) 我估計(jì)就是啤酒了
And he's laid his axe down.
他放下了他的斧子
If you look really carefully,
如果你觀察得足夠仔細(xì)
he's got a devastating pair of scarlet stockings on there,
他還穿著一雙奇丑的襪子
but he's not really the kind of character you expect
但他并不是你在把風(fēng)景看作背景時(shí)
when you see landscape as background.
期待看到的人物
There, the characters are full and frontal.
那些人物會(huì)很飽滿很顯眼
There is, of course, a heroic character in this painting.
當(dāng)然 這幅畫里還是有一個(gè)主角的
A monster, a giant, and it is the tree itself,
一個(gè)巨大的怪物, 就是這棵樹本身
dwarfing the little figure sitting at its base.
襯得坐在它腳邊的人物格外矮小
And doesn't that tree remind you of someone else?
這棵樹不會(huì)讓你想起什么其他人嗎
Of the twisted torso of the crucified Christ
想起被折磨扭曲的耶穌軀體
on his wooden cross, arms outstretched?
靠在他的木頭十字架上 雙臂伸開
