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Lots of different kinds of iconoclasm have gone on here.
這里發(fā)生過多次不同形式的圣像破壞活動
The original stained-glass windows are one obvious casualty.
原先的彩色玻璃窗就遭受了明顯的破壞
But they've also gone for the figures - of saints, of kings
但破壞的對象也包括圣人及國王的雕像
and the scenes from the life of the Virgin.
以及圣母瑪利亞生活場景的雕塑
Sometimes the whole sculpture's just been removed,
有時整座雕像都被移除了
but quite often what they've done is they've just taken away
但更多時候他們所做的是把頭和手拆掉
the head and the hands, leaving the body in place.
而把雕像的肢體留在原處
It's as if they were aiming to destroy those bits of
就好像他們是為了要摧毀掉那些
the sculpture that gave it its most living power,
最能賦予雕像活力的元素
the bits that you interacted with.
那些你能與之互動的元素
The point is, I think, that this isn't just random vandalism,
我認為 這不僅僅是隨意的毀壞行為
this is quite focused, even thoughtful destruction.
這是重點突出的 甚至深思熟慮的破壞
Iconoclasm is something we often deplore,
圣像破壞是我們經(jīng)常會譴責的行為
but there is another way of looking at it.
但是可以用一種不同的方式來看待它
Those figures minus heads and minus hands
這些失去頭部和雙手的雕像
have not been made invisible.
并未因此而消失不見
It's almost as if they've been turned
它們就好像被轉(zhuǎn)換成了
into a different sort of image in their own right.
另一類具備獨特價值的形象
An artful narrative of religious conflict.
這是對宗教沖突的一種巧妙解讀
But there are more and perhaps unintended consequences
但是這類巧妙破壞也會引發(fā)出更多的
to such artful destruction.
或許是意想不到的后果
Liberated, you might almost say,
你也可以說 這里擺脫了
from the figures of saints and prophets that once crowded the walls
那些圍在墻壁四周的圣人和先知的雕像
and with its clear stainless windows,
這些透明的無色窗戶
the Lady Chapel has been transformed,
使圣母堂發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)變
giving us another version of beauty.
向我們展示出另一種美
This is a tremendously aesthetically pleasing space.
這是一個非常給人美之享受的空間
It's light and airy
它明亮而空靈
and a marvellous mixture of austerity and decoration.
完美地融合了樸素與華麗
And we owe that to the iconoclasts.
而這都歸功于圣像破壞
This fine balance between destruction
這毀滅與創(chuàng)造之間的平衡
and creation is often overlooked,
經(jīng)常被人們所忽視
but it's what makes iconoclasm so interesting, so paradoxical.
但正是它使得圣像破壞顯得如此有趣和矛盾
And it gets yet more intriguing
當我們觀察宗教戰(zhàn)爭中的其他場景時
when we look at other theatres of religious war.
圣像破壞就變得更為吸引人了
