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And you're absolutely enveloped by the wind,
你完全沉浸在寒風(fēng)
the dark, lead-coloured light.
與昏暗鉛色的天光中
But this still,
雖然損失了真實性
in its scraped-away authenticity, is a kind of home.
但這里依然是家鄉(xiāng)
Tastes changed.
品味改變了
As the Dutch Republic became the richest country on Earth,
隨著荷蘭共和國成為世界上最富有的國家
so the moneyed wanted more sophisticated visions
有錢人對家鄉(xiāng)的愿景
of their homeland.
也更復(fù)雜了
Every so often, a genius came along
時常會出現(xiàn)一個天才
who could make masterpieces
能夠以同樣的
out of the same, modest subject matter.
樸實的主題創(chuàng)作出絕世之作
Jacob van Ruisdael's great medium
雅各布.范勒伊斯達爾最擅長的表達媒介
was the dappling Dutch light, so that the skies,
就是荷蘭斑駁的日光 從而使
which in the work of Van Goyen had been wet and dim,
凡.戈因筆下一度潮濕暗淡的天空
now became a grand opera of light and shade
變身為光影交錯的宏大歌劇
with huge, rolling clouds as its cast of characters.
而翻滾起伏的巨大云朵則是劇中的角色
Ruisdael loved to exaggerate features,
勒伊斯達爾熱衷于將特征夸大
to make them more theatrical.
使它們更具戲劇性
The romance of ancient ruins,
古代遺跡的浪漫
the sinister darkness of a boggy wood.
沼澤樹木中不詳?shù)暮诎?/div>
And, in this painting,
還有 這幅畫中
the great emblem of Holland has become a hero in its own right.
荷蘭的偉大象征理所當(dāng)然地成為了主角
Ruisdael's great gift was to take something homely and familiar -
勒伊斯達爾的天賦就是用平凡而常見的事物
and it doesn't get more homely, does it, than a windmill,
沒有什么比風(fēng)車更平凡了
and big it up to the max until it is something epic, heroic,
將它夸大到無以復(fù)加的程度
almost spiritually meaningful
使它在欣賞者的眼中如史詩 英雄般
to everybody who's going to look at it.
幾乎具有了某種精神意義
Ruisdael was essentially a dramatist of the landscape,
勒伊斯達爾本質(zhì)上就是以風(fēng)景為素材的劇作家
and this is high theatre.
而這則是大劇院
Now, there really is a windmill
在這個名叫迪爾斯泰德附近韋克的鎮(zhèn)上
at this town called Wijk bij Duurstede,
確實有一座風(fēng)車
but he's made it absolutely enormous.
但他把它描繪得巨大無比
It has a kind of authority to it.
為它賦予了某種權(quán)威性
The sky is heavy.
天空低沉
There is dirty weather ahead.
預(yù)示著惡劣的天氣
These clouds are boiling up into what might be a storm.
烏云翻滾聚集 可能醞釀著一場風(fēng)暴
There are deep shadows hanging over the landscape.
地面的風(fēng)景籠罩在暗影之中
These women, with their bonnets covering their faces,
幾個用軟帽遮著臉的女人
are hurrying home.
匆匆向家里趕去
