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People who come here now have all kinds of different reactions
現在來這里觀摩這幅畫的人對它
to this painting.
會有各種不同的反應
Some are overwhelmed by the size.
有些人被畫作的尺寸所震撼
Some are puzzled by the busy bits of detail.
有些人對密集的細節感到困惑
Critics and art historians have had different reactions, too.
批評家和藝術史學家也有不同反應
Some of them have honed in on the technique,
他們中一些人專注于技法
picking out Tintoretto's bold brushstrokes
指出丁托列托大膽的筆觸
or the contrast between light and shade.
或是光影之間的對比
Some have concentrated instead on the emotion of the scene.
有人則專注于畫面的情感
And that's the line that John Ruskin took in the 19th century
十九世紀約翰.羅斯金被畫作驚呆時
when he was so dumbfounded by it,
就走的這條路線
that he said the painting
他說這幅畫
was absolutely impossible to analyse.
根本不可能分析
Think he might have tried a bit harder.
他該更努力試試的
What Tintoretto has done
丁托列托所做的
is blur the lines between the viewer and the painting.
是模糊觀者和畫作之間的界限
Some of the characters there are wearing modern,
畫中的有些人物穿著時尚
that is 16th century, dress, not biblical outfits.
那是十六世紀的著裝 不是圣經時代的
And there are some ordinary 16th century people
另外還有些十六世紀的普通人
doing the digging,
在挖掘
tugging on the ropes and putting up the ladders.
在用力拉繩 支起梯子
More than that, if we stand in front of it,
不僅如此 如果我們站在畫前
it's almost as if
幾乎就會感覺
you become part of the encircling crowd
你成了中央場景周圍
around that central scene.
人群的一份子
What's being hammered home here
這里再三強調的是
is the fact that the crucifixion
耶穌被釘死在十字架上
is both a historical event in past time
既是一件發生于過去的歷史事件
and a religious event,
也是一件宗教事件
which breaks down the barriers of time and space.
于是時間和空間的屏障被打破
But there is another, more controversial reading of this painting
但還有一種對此畫更有爭議的理解
which often gets lost on the connoisseurs
站在它面前的行家
who stand before it.
常常會忽視這一點
This painting was produced at a really critical moment
這幅畫作是在兄弟會歷史中的
in the story of the brotherhood
一個關鍵時刻所繪制的
when they were being attacked for spending far too much on bling
當時他們受人詬病 因為在珠寶和房產上
and on doing up their premises,
耗資甚巨
and not half enough on helping the poor.
在窮人身上花的錢卻不及所需的一半
