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So, when the Dutch felt that, under God's protection,
當荷蘭人覺得 在上帝的保護下
they were making a part of Holland,
他們建造了荷蘭的一部分時
it had this deep, psychological effect on them.
一種心理作用深深地影響了他們
They owned this countryside
他們擁有這片土地
in a way which was absolutely special,
以一種非常獨特的擁有方式
and which gave their painters the sense
這讓荷蘭的畫家們覺得
that they were painting their country in both senses -
他們是在雙重意義上"描繪"他們的國家
the countryside, and their newborn nation at the same time,
既描畫了鄉村 也描畫了他們新生的國土
and the pictures they would produce
而他們生產出的畫作
would belong to the whole people.
屬于全體人民
A new class of jobbing artists
為了滿足大眾對風景畫的普遍需求
emerged to service this popular demand for landscape art.
一類新的雇傭畫家涌現出來
Jan van Goyen was one of those workhorses.
揚.凡.戈因就是這些苦工中的一員
He produced more than 2,000 paintings and drawings
他在四十年的職業生涯中創作了
during a 40-year career.
兩千余幅繪畫作品
Van Goyen's was a deliberately modest art,
凡.戈因的繪畫風格從容而樸素
unashamed of its simplicity.
直白而單純
But it's the realism with which he paints the natural world
而凡.戈因作品真正的非凡之處在于
which makes Van Goyen's paintings remarkable.
他描繪自然界的現實主義風格
You forget what an amazing breakthrough this represents.
你會忘記這幅作品代表了怎樣驚人的突破
Landscapes had been all about fantasy and colour
風景畫一直都致力于幻想和顏色
and drenched in gold.
流光溢彩
This is drenched in mud, and even though we know
而它則黯淡無光 雖然我們知道
that Van Goyen really had to work fast
凡.戈因不得不快速
and with rubbish materials that didn't cost him very much money,
用廉價的劣質材料作畫
he's so always in debt,
他總是負債累累
there's a credible convergence between what he's painting
但他描繪的內容與方式卻驚人地
and how he's painting it. It's like a sketch.
相互契合 它就像一幅速寫
It's like an immediate note from his own vision,
就像他對眼前的景色做出的即時記錄
and everything in it that's kind of rough and raw
一切景物都粗糙而簡略
and crude and clay-like and meagre about it
有種黏土的質感 簡陋而貧瘠
actually makes you feel there.
但卻使人如臨其境
There are tops of houses, the roofs,
畫中有房子頂端的屋頂
and you don't see anything else of the house. Why?
但卻看不到房子的其他部分 為什么
Because they're actually below the water line.
因為它們都在水平面以下
This delivers a world, the kind of silvery quality of the canals,
這張畫展現的世界中 閃著銀光的運河上
little boat floating past,
有小船漂過
and you think you're waking up
讓你覺得好像剛剛醒來
and you can smell the peat turned over.
聞到了新翻動的泥炭的味道
It's a kind of raw day in the middle of winter.
就像某個陰冷潮濕的冬日
